Duke of Qi (齊公) | 24 Histories

Overview

Duke of Qi was an official and Aristocrat.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 907 to AD 926 齊公之明節
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 211

Career and standing

Duke of Qi 齊公
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 211

Assessments and attributes

Assessment luminous integrity sufficient to set a standard for the gentry · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 211

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 58Volume 58 Book of Later Tang 34: Biographies 10: Zhao Guangfeng, Zheng Jue, Cui Xie, Li Qi, Xiao Qing · 1 passage

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如齊公之明節，李琪之文章，足以圭表搢紳，笙簧典誥，陟之廊廟，宜無愧焉！ The Duke of Qi's luminous integrity and Li Qi's literary mastery were enough to set a standard for the gentry and to lend grace to state documents; when such men entered the highest councils of government, they had nothing to be ashamed of!