Song, Liao, and Jin · Chief minister under Renzong and Yingzong

Han Qi 韓琦

Attested AD 1056 - AD 1118

Passages: 9
Chapters: 4
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Han Qi as an official and statesman. This record brings together 9 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Han Qi	韓琦	Han Qi
Title	Military commissioner	節度	Jiedu
Title	Situ	司徒	Situ

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · songshi:013:s0012
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · songshi:014:s0021, songshi:107:s0017, songshi:120:s0154

Roles

Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 嘉祐中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1056 · End: AD 1063
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:013:s0012
Source Date: Text: 嘉祐八年 · Western Year: AD 1063
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:013:s0028
Source Date: Text: 嘉祐四年十月 · Western Year: AD 1059
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:107:s0017
Source Date: Text: 政和 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1111 · End: AD 1118
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:120:s0153, songshi:120:s0154
Source Date: Text: 治平四年正月 · Western Year: AD 1067
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:014:s0021
Source Date: Text: 熙寧二年 · Western Year: AD 1069
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:014:s0212

Career and standing

Label: minister of education / Zhen'an Wusheng commissioner / Xiangzhou administrator / 司徒、鎮安武勝軍節度使、判相州 · Action: appointed-after-dismissal
Explicit · songshi:014:s0274
Label: tomb commissioner / 山陵使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 治平四年正月 · Western Year: AD 1067
Explicit · songshi:014:s0021
Label: Master of Ceremonies / 禮儀使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · songshi:107:s0017
Label: chief minister / 宰相 · Action: held
Explicit · songshi:013:s0012
Label: Military commissioner judging Xiangzhou / 節度判相州 · Action: held
Explicit · songshi:120:s0154
Label: minister of works with palace attendant / 守司空兼侍中 · Action: held
Explicit · songshi:014:s0027
Label: Situ / 司徒 · Action: held
Explicit · songshi:120:s0154
Status: former-chief-minister · Action: held
Explicit · songshi:120:s0154

Places and affiliations

Polity: Song / 宋 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · songshi:120:s0154
Place: Xiangzhou / 相州 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · songshi:120:s0154

Works and attributed material

Work: Veritable Records of Renzong / 仁宗實錄 · Relation: compiler
Explicit · songshi:014:s0212

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: speaker · Action: announced-testament
Explicit · songshi:013:s0028

References in the histories

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History of Song, Chapter 13Volume 13 Annals 13: Yingzong · 3 passages

嘉祐中，宰相韓琦等請建儲，仁宗曰：「宗子已有賢知可付者，卿等其勿憂。」 Jiayou: Han Qi urged naming an heir; Renzong said, "Among the imperial sons there is already one of worthy knowledge who can be entrusted—you need not worry."

韓琦宣遺制。 Han Qi read the testament.

帝欲亮陰三年，命韓琦攝冢宰，宰臣不可，乃止。 He wanted three years of mourning; Han Qi as acting ritual chief was blocked by the cabinet.

History of Song, Chapter 14Volume 14 Annals 14: Shenzong 1 · 4 passages

命宰相韓琦爲山陵使。 Han Qi became tomb commissioner.

戊辰，以韓琦守司空兼侍中，曾公亮行門下侍郎兼吏部尚書、進封英國公，文彥博行尚書左僕射、檢校司徒兼中書令，富弼改武甯軍節度使、進封鄭國公，曹佾改昭慶軍節度使、檢校太傅，張昪改河陽三城節度使，宗諤同中書門下平章事，改集慶軍節度使、檢校尚書左僕射，歐陽修、趙槩並加尚書左丞，仍參知政事，陳升之爲戶部侍郎，呂公弼爲刑部侍郎，允弼、允良並加守太保，弟東陽郡王顥進封昌王，鄠國公頵進封樂安郡王。 On wuchen the cabinet was reshaped: Han Qi, Zeng Gongliang, Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi, Cao Yi, Zhang Sheng, Zongnu, Ouyang Xiu, Zhao Gai, Chen Shengzhi, Lü Gongbi, and the princes received new ranks and posts.

辛丑，韓琦罷爲司徒、鎮安武勝軍節度使、判相州。 On xinchou, Han Qi left office as minister of education and Xiangzhou commissioner.

己丑，韓琦上《仁宗實錄》，曾公亮上《英宗實錄》。 On jichou, Renzong's and Yingzong's Veritable Records were submitted.

History of Song, Chapter 107Volume 107 Treatises 60: Rites 10 · 1 passage

嘉祐四年十月，仁宗親詣太廟行祫享禮，以宰臣富弼為祫享大禮使，韓琦為禮儀使，樞密使宋庠為儀仗使，參知政事曾公亮為橋道頓遞使，樞密副使程戡為鹵簿使。 In the tenth month of the fourth year of Jiayou, Emperor Renzong went in person to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to perform the xiá merging sacrifice. Chief Councilor Fu Bi served as Grandee of the Xiá Rite; Han Qi as Master of Ceremonies; Privy Council Commissioner Song Xiang as Master of Insignia; Vice Grand Councilor Zeng Gongliang as Master of Bridge Roads and Relay Arrangements; and Vice Privy Council Commissioner Cheng Kan as Master of the Imperial Guard.

History of Song, Chapter 120Volume 120 Treatises 73: Rites 23 · 1 passage

其宰相罷政，韓琦以司徒、節度判相州，曾公亮以司空、節度為集禧觀使，王安石以觀文殿大學士、吏部尚書知江甯府。 When chief ministers left office: Han Qi served as Situ and military commissioner judging Xiangzhou; Zeng Gongliang as Minister of Works and military commissioner serving as commissioner of the Jixi Abbey; Wang Anshi as Grand Academician of the Hall for Observing Culture, Director of Personnel, and Jiangning prefect.