Cui Yuanshi

[1][2][3]) was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, serving briefly as chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xuānzong.

He was from "The elder house of Boling" of the prominent Cui clan of Boling (博陵, in modern Hengshui, Hebei), which claimed ancestry from the ruling Jiang house of the Spring and Autumn period state Qi.

His father Cui Jing (崔儆) served as a secretary general of the executive bureau of government (尚書省, Shangshu Sheng).

In 846, he was recalled to the capital Chang'an to serve as the minister of justice (刑部尚書, Xingbu Shangshu).

[1][2] In 848, Cui was removed from his chancellor position and made the minister of census (戶部尚書, Hubu Shangshu),[2] due to illness.