Sui and Tang · Aristocrat

Duke of Xi 酅公

Xigong

Attested AD 713 - AD 741

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke of Xi was an aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 713 to AD 741 開元
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 19, passages 6, 25

Career and standing

Duke of Xi 酅公
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 19, passages 6, 13

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 19, passages 6, 25

Events and relationships

Stood before western audience hall
Ritual · Ranked noble
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 19, passage 13
Stood west of the lane
Ritual · Ranked noble
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 19, passage 6

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 19, passage 6

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 19Volume 19 Treatises 9: Rites and Music 9 · 2 passages

褒聖侯位於三品之下，介公、酅公位於道西； the Marquis Who Honors the Sage stood below third rank; the Duke of Jie and the Duke of Xi stood west of the lane;

又設門外位：文官于東朝堂，介公、酅公在西朝堂之前，武官在介公之南，少退，每等異位重行； Outside the gate, civil officials stood in the eastern hall; the Duke of Jie and Duke of Xi before the western hall; military officials south of the Duke of Jie, slightly back, each grade in its own row;