Background
Pei Yaoqing was born in 681, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong. His family traced its ancestry to a line of officials of Han Dynasty, Jin Dynasty (265-420), Western Liang, Southern Qi, Northern Wei, Sui Dynasty, and Tang Dynasty. Pei Yaoqing's grandfather Pei Shen (裴慎) served as a county magistrate during Tang, and his father Pei Shouzhen (裴守真) served as a prefectural prefect.
Pei Yaoqing was said to be intelligent well-learned even in childhood, being able to read complex text when he was only a few years old. He later passed a special imperial examination for boys, and in his youth became an assistant secretary at the archival bureau (秘書省, Mishu Sheng). He later served as the communications for Emperor Gaozong's son Li Dan the Prince of Xiang. Li Dan respected him, and made him and his colleague Wei Liqi (韋利器) consultants. After Li Dan, a former emperor, returned to the throne in 712 (as Emperor Ruizong), he made Pei Guozi Zhubu (國子主簿), the secretary general at the imperial university.
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