Song, Liao, and Jin · Official

Cai Xiang 蔡襄

Attested AD 1056 - AD 1063

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cai Xiang was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1056 to AD 1063 嘉祐年
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 106

Career and standing

commissioner for maintaining the Imperial Ancestral Temple 修奉太廟使
AD 1056 to AD 1063 嘉祐年 · Held
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 106

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 106

Works and attributed material

plan of eight chambers in eighteen bays 八室圖
Diagram · Author
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 106

Events and relationships

Submitted eight chamber diagram
AD 1056 to AD 1063 嘉祐年 · Ritual · Planner
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 106

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 106

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 1 passage

嘉祐年，仁宗將祔廟，修奉太廟使蔡襄上八室圖，為十八間。 During the Jiayou period, as Renzong was about to be enshrined, Cai Xiang, commissioner for the ancestral temple, submitted a plan for eight chambers in eighteen bays.