Anyi 安易

Other names

Family

• Ancestor of Congzheng (從政)
  grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 295
• Sibling of Zhao Gu (趙固)
  brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 217
• Parent of Chengqing (承慶)
  son 子
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 295
• Sibling of Zhao Pu (趙普)
  younger brother 弟 · paternal line
  younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passages 166, 217

Career and standing

• supervisor of minting 典鑄
  AD 990 to AD 994 淳化中 · Abolished
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 236
• prefect of Yaozhou 知耀州
  AD 984 九年 · Appointed not sent
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 231
• prefect of Dingzhou 知定州
  AD 984 九年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 229
• vice director of the Court of the Imperial Clan 宗正少卿
  AD 984 九年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 229
• chief secretary of the Hua and Xing garrisons 華、邢二鎮掌書記
  AD 976 to AD 984 太平興國中 · Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 224
• investigating censor 監察御史
  AD 976 to AD 984 太平興國中 · Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 225

Places and affiliations

• Polity Song 宋 · Relation Associated
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passages 217, 219
• Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passages 166, 221, 225, 235, 284
• At Yan and Ji 燕薊
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 241
• AD 984 九年
  At Dingzhou 定州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 229
• AD 976 to AD 984 太平興國中
  At Taiyuan 太原 · Relation Traveled to
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 225
• At Lu 廬 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · History of Song 256, passage 237

Learning and skills

• Subject Poetry and Documents 詩書 · Negated true · Level unstudied
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 288
• only a shallow grasp of the classics
  Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 239
• Skill discussion of worldly affairs 談世務 · Level fond-but-impractical · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 239

Works and attributed material

• imperial clan registers 屬籍
  AD 998 to AD 999 咸平初 · Relation Compiler
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 238
• Treatise on Food and Commodities 食貨志
  Relation Subject of
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 236
• AD 976 to AD 997 太宗嘗問農政
  Policy advice · Speaker · With Taizong (太宗) · Summary proposed restoring the well-field system
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 240
• AD 1004 to AD 1005 景德初
  Memorial · Author · Extent Unit Ids s0243, s0244, s0245, s0246, s0247, s0248, s0249, s0250, s0251, s0252, s0253, s0254 · Summary opposed premature spirit-tablet enshrinement before full burial
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passages 243-254
• AD 1004 to AD 1005 景德初
  Quoted speech · Speaker · Summary officials formerly placed the tomb before the temple, but for Mingde reversed the order · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Anyi (安易) Witness Person Id Sun He (孫何)
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passages 269-270
• AD 990 to AD 994 淳化中
  Proposal · Author · Summary cast large iron coins in Western Shu on the model of Liu Bei, ten for one hundred
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 232

Events and relationships

• Cited Xiaozhang precedent comparing da gong kin to three year mourning
  AD 1004 上仙之初 · Political · Memorialist
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 284
• Continued to petition and presented sample large coins
  AD 990 to AD 994 淳化中 · Policy · Petitioner
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 234
• Delivered edict
  AD 992 淳化三年春 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Zhao Pu (趙普)
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 166
• Delivered fodder
  AD 976 to AD 984 太平興國中 · Logistics · Convoy officer · At Taiyuan 太原
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 225
• Mint ran at a loss and was abolished
  AD 990 to AD 994 淳化中 · Fiscal · Mint supervisor · Outcome Barely three thousand strings in a year
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 236
• Never stopped seeking advancement in later years
  AD 1005 二年 · Career · Office seeker
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 292

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment absurd, vulgar, and ignorant; recklessly citing precedents; deceiving the sovereign · Mode quotation
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 284
• Assessment barely knew the Poetry and Documents · Mode quotation
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 288
• Assessment fierce, obstinate, fond of discussing public affairs, too crude and impractical to employ · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 239
• Assessment hunger for rank and office grew stronger with age · Mode quotation
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 287
• Assessment poses as pure and eminent yet esteems the vulgar · Mode quotation
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 286
• Assessment prides himself on blunt honesty yet attacks the good and upright · Mode quotation
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 285

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passages 217, 284
• Value historical
  Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 220