Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Chen Xilie 陳希烈

Attested AD 756 - AD 758

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Xilie was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Death

Granted suicide · At prison 獄中
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 189

Attested activity

AD 756 to AD 758 安、史之亂
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passages 188-189

Career and standing

Ordered
Granted suicide · At prison 獄中 · Authority Suzong (肅宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 189

Events and relationships

Awaited judgment as coerced follower
Legal · Defendant
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 188
Family exiled
Legal · Condemned
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 190

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 188

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 56Volume 56 Treatises 52: Punishment and Law · 2 passages

安、史之亂，偽官陸大鈞等背賊來歸，及慶緒奔河北，脅從者相率待罪闕下，自大臣陳希烈等合數百人。 During the An-Shi rebellion, puppet officials such as Lu Dajun and others deserted the rebels to submit; when Qingxu fled to Hebei, coerced followers came in succession to the palace gate to await judgment—from Grand Counselor Chen Xilie and others, several hundred in all.

以御史大夫李峴、中丞崔器等為三司使，而肅宗方喜刑名，器亦刻深，乃以河南尹達奚珣等三十九人為重罪，斬于獨柳樹者十一人，珣及韋恆腰斬，陳希烈等賜自盡於獄中者七人，其餘決重杖死者二十一人。 Censor-in-Chief Li Xian and Vice Censor-in-Chief Cui Qi and others were appointed Three Offices commissioners. Suzong was then enamored of harsh law, and Qi was also severe. Thirty-nine men including Henan Intendant Daxi Xun were judged for grave offenses: eleven beheaded at the Lone Willow Tree; Xun and Wei Heng were cut in two at the waist; seven including Chen Xilie were granted permission to kill themselves in prison; the remaining twenty-one were beaten to death.