Cui Shenyou (崔慎由), courtesy name Jingzhi (敬止), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xuānzong.
After he was cured, he was recalled to the capital Chang'an to serve as the deputy minister of census (戶部侍郎, Hubu Shilang) and the director of taxation.
[3] In 856, Cui, who was then serving as the minister of public works (工部尚書, Gongbu Shangshu), was given the designation Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi (同中書門下平章事), making him a chancellor de facto.
Liu sharply disagreed and pointed out that the priorities should be to make sure that the officials' talents were appropriate for their positions, and Cui was unable to respond.
[4][6]) When Cui subsequently suggested that if Emperor Xuānzong created one of his sons Crown Prince then that would be a good reason to declare a general pardon, Emperor Xuānzong, who did not want to create a crown prince and whose disposition had turned impatient and suspicious due to side effects of alchemists' pills that he was taking, was displeased with Cui.
[2] Cui was thereafter made the military governor (Jiedushi) of Dongchuan Circuit (東川, headquartered in modern Mianyang, Sichuan).