Background
Cui Renshi was born in the 580s, during the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui. He was from Ding Province (定州, roughly modern Baoding, Hebei). Early in the reign of Tang Dynasty's founder Emperor Gaozu (r. 618-626), Cui Renshi passed an imperial examination and was made the military advisor to the prefect of Guan Prefecture (管州, part of modern Zhengzhou, Henan). In 622, the chancellor Chen Shuda recommended Cui to be capable of editing imperial histories, and he was promoted to the post of military advisor to the commander of one of the imperial armies, but also given the responsibility of assisting in editing histories of Liang Dynasty and Northern Wei.
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