Pei Tan (裴坦) (died June 25, 874[1][2]), courtesy name Zhijin (知進), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, serving briefly as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xizong.
[4] Pei Tan was later recalled to the capital Chang'an to serve as Zuo Shiyi (左拾遺), a low-level advisory official at the examination bureau of government (門下省, Menxia Sheng), as well as an editor of the imperial history.
[5] Later, during the time that Linghu Tao was the leading chancellor, Linghu recommended Pei Tan to serve as Zhifang Langzhong (職方郎中), a supervisory official at the ministry of civil service affairs (吏部, Libu), and be put in charge of drafting edicts.
The customs of the time dictated that when an official in charge of drafting edicts were to be installed, four chancellors would congratulate him and place a bench in their office to allow him to sit.
The administrators who saw this were deeply shocked, believing that no official, ever since the start of the dynasty, had been subjected to such humiliation as Pei Tan had been.