Pei Ju
Pei Ju (547 and ''New Book of Tang'', vol. 100 . The ''
Book of Sui'' gave no age for him at all.}} – 3 October 627), birth name
Pei Shiju,
courtesy name Hongda, formally
Duke Jing of Anyi, was a Chinese cartographer, diplomat, politician, and writer who lived in the
Sui and
Tang dynasties, briefly serving as a
chancellor during the reign of
Emperor Gaozu of Tang. He was praised by traditional Chinese historians for his ability and lack of corruption, but blamed for flattering
Emperor Yang of Sui and practically directly contributing to Sui's downfall by encouraging many external military campaigns that drained Sui's resources. Modern historians have questioned these assessments:
Arthur F. Wright labelled the latter judgement in the ''
Zizhi tongjian'' a "particularly blatant piece of editorializing" and "absurd ... beyond doubt."
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