Bi Xian 畢諴

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Bi Gou (畢構)
  collateral grandson 從孫 · paternal line · 3 generations
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passages 2-4
• Child of Bi Yun (畢勻)
  fathered 生 · paternal line
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 4
• Child of Mother of Bi Yan (畢諴母)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 5
• Spouse of Wife of Bi Yan (畢諴妻)
  wife 婦
  Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 183, passage 33

• Kinship Role clansmen · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 26

Origins and identity

• Lineage Bi clan 畢
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 2

Career and standing

• staff of the Zhongwu governor 忠武幕府
  AD 827 to AD 835 大和中 · Appointed · At Zhongwu 忠武
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 8
• envoy to pacify the frontier and supply the Hexi armies 河西供軍安撫使
  AD 846 to AD 859 宣宗 · Appointed · At Hexi 河西
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 16
• military commissioner of Binning 邠寧節度
  AD 846 to AD 859 宣宗 · Appointed · At Binning 邠寧
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 16
• Vice Minister of Punishments 刑部侍郎
  AD 846 to AD 859 宣宗 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 16
• co-director and military commissioner of Hezhong 兼平章事節度河中
  AD 859 懿宗立 · Appointed · At Hezhong 河中
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 24
• military commissioner of Xuanwu 宣武節度使
  AD 859 懿宗立 · Appointed · At Xuanwu 宣武
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 21

Places and affiliations

• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Lived under
  Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 183, passage 2
• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 53, passage 161
• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 279; New Book of Tang 181, passage 171
• AD 846 to AD 859 宣宗
  At Binning 邠寧 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 16
• AD 846 to AD 859 宣宗
  At Hedong 河東 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passages 19-20
• AD 846 to AD 859 宣宗
  At Taiyuan 太原 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 29

Learning and skills

• Subjects classics and histories 經史
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 5
• Earned
  AD 827 to AD 835 大和中 · Credential outstanding document analysis 書判拔萃
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 7
• Earned
  AD 827 to AD 835 大和中 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 7
• Skill literary composition 辭章 · Level accomplished
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 5
• Skill administration 吏術 · Level especially gifted
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 26

Works and attributed material

• Speech · Speaker · Paraphrased · assented repeatedly
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 16
• Speech · Addressee · With Emperor Xuanzong (宣宗) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 15

Events and relationships

• Hired Li Xuanbo and with his wife served food to win Xuanbo's goodwill, then presented him to the emperor
  AD 846 to AD 859 宣宗 · Personal · Patron · With Li Xuanbo (李玄伯)
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 33
• Moved three times after leaving Binning and could not return to the capital
  AD 846 to AD 859 宣宗 · Political · Transferred official · With Linghu Tao (令狐綯)
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 28
• Read at night by burning firewood
  Personal · Student · With Mother of Bi Yan (畢諴母)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 5
• Recruited men for military colonies yielding 300000 bushels of grain yearly
  AD 846 to AD 859 宣宗 · Military · Commander
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 18
• Recruited men to open garrison farms in Binning
  Administrative · Official
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 53, passage 161
• Released the women left at his residence
  Personal · Principal
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 32

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment accepted the Granary and Carriages posts without complaint, contrary to powerful families' custom · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 13
• Assessment fine reputation; paired with Cao as 'Cao and Bi' · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 171
• Assessment upright and reserved; did not enter friendships lightly · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 6
• Item seven hundred thousand cash 錢七十萬 · Relation Paid · With Li Xuanbo (李玄伯)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 33

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 2