Cui Gong (崔珙; died 854), formally the Duke of Anping (安平公), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Wuzong.
It was said that Cui Gong passed a special imperial examinations for making prompt rulings, and subsequently served on staffs of regional governors.
In 833, he was commissioned at the military governor (jiedushi) of Lingnan Circuit (嶺南, headquartered in modern Guangzhou, Guangdong) and the prefect of its capital Guang Prefecture (廣州).
[2] At that time, Gao Yu (高瑀) was the military governor of Wuning Circuit (武寧, headquartered in modern Xuzhou, Jiangsu), which was well known for its unruly and difficult-to-control soldiers.
At that time, Cui Gong was serving as the minister of justice (刑部尚書, Xingbu Shangshu), and soon after Emperor Wuzong's ascension was made a chancellor de facto with the title Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi (同中書門下平章事).
[2] However, in 842, there was an occasion when Cui Gong recommended Liu Gongquan to be an imperial scholar at Jixian Institute (集賢院) and serve as its acting director.
After Cui Gong was removed from his chancellor post in 843 and made You Pushe (右僕射, one of the heads of the executive bureau of government (尚書省, Shangshu Sheng), Cui Xian succeeded him as chancellor and the director of salt and iron monopolies, and accused him of having misused the salt and iron monopoly funds from Songzhou and Hua (滑州, in modern Anyang, Henan) Prefectures, as well as being protective of the warlord Liu Congjian.
[5] Sometime thereafter, he was made an advisor to the Crown Prince,[6] and then the military governor of Fengxiang Circuit (鳳翔, headquartered in modern Baoji, Shaanxi).