Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Statesman

Guo Xi 郭襲

Guō Xí

Attested AD 969 - AD 985

Passages
9
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Guo Xi as a military officer, official, and statesman. This record brings together 9 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Guo Xi 郭襲 Guō Xí
Surname Guo Guō
Surname Guo Guo
Personal name Guo Xi 郭襲 Guō Xí
Personal Guo Xi 郭襲 Guo Xi
Title Merit of Co-assisting 協贊功臣
Given Xi
Given Xi Xi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Military Officer
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 三年秋七月丁卯 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 3 · Season: autumn · Lunar Month: 7 · Sexagenary Day: 丁卯 · Western Year: AD 985
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:010:s0176
  • Source Date: Text: 乾亨元年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 979
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:009:s0073
  • Source Date: Text: 三年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 981
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:009:s0112
  • Source Date: Text: 景宗即位 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:079:s0060

Career and standing

  • Label: Wuding Army Military Commissioner / 武定軍節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 981
    Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0112
  • Label: south chancellery commissioner of military affairs / 南院樞密使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景宗即位 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0060
  • Label: military commissioner of the Wuding army / 武定軍節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0072
  • Label: Tianping Army military commissioner / 天平軍節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0176
  • Label: chief administrator / 政事令 · Action: concurrent
    Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0060
  • Label: acting Minister of Works / 守司空 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0176
  • Label: concurrent chief councillor / 兼政事令 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0176
  • Label: Southern Court Commissioner of Military Affairs and Chief Councillor / 南院樞密使兼政事令 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0073
  • Label: Wuding Army Military Commissioner / 武定軍節度使 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0176
  • Label: Merit of Co-assisting / 協贊功臣 · Action: granted
    Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0072

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: humane remonstrator against excessive hunting · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0089
  • Assessment: remonstrance accepted in word but unused · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0121
  • Assessment: remonstrance praised and accepted · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0073

Source notes

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 9Volume 9 Annals 9: Jingzong 2 · 3 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 10Volume 10 Annals 10: Shengzong 1 · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 79Volume 79 Biographies 9: Shi Fang, Yelu Xianshi, Nu Li, Guo Xi, Yelu Ameili · 5 passages