Hou Xiyi (侯希逸) | 24 Histories

Overview

Hou Xiyi was a Military Governor and Official.

c. AD 720 建中二年…年六十二
Derivation death in AD 781 at stated age sixty-two (sui reckoning)
Derived from the source · New Book of Tang 144, passages 100-101

AD 781 建中二年
Age Value: 62 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 101

62
AD 781 建中二年 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 101

AD 762 侯希逸入青州
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 144, passage 71
AD 777 to AD 779 大歷末
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 144, passage 99
AD 755 to AD 756 天寶末
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 144, passage 86
AD 762 寶應初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 144, passage 94
AD 781 建中二年
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passages 100-101
AD 762 從侯希逸入青州
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passage 2

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Minister of Works 司空
AD 781 建中二年 · Appointed but died before assuming
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passages 100-101
Acting Minister of Works 檢校工部尚書
AD 762 寶應初 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 94
Military Governor 節度使
AD 758 to AD 761 玄誌卒後 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 89
Military Governor of Pinglu and Ziqing 平盧、淄青節度使
AD 758 to AD 762 肅宗因以希逸為平盧、淄青節度使 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 92
Acting Right Vice Director directing routine business 檢校尚書右僕射，知省事
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 98
Grand Censor 御史大夫
AD 758 to AD 761 玄誌卒後 · Held concurrently
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 89

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deputy commander of the prefecture 州裨將
AD 755 to AD 756 天寶末 · Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 86
substantive household fief 實戶
AD 762 寶應初 · Granted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 94
portrait in Lingyan Pavilion 圖形淩煙閣
AD 762 寶應初 · Granted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 94
Grand Guardian (posthumous) 太保
AD 781 建中二年 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 101
Prince of Huaiyang 淮陽郡王
AD 777 to AD 779 大歷末 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 99

Tang 唐
Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 2
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passages 71, 86, 92
At Yingzhou 營州
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 84
AD 755 to AD 756 天寶末
At Baoding City 保定城 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 86
At Pinglu 平盧 · Relation Lost
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 91

Belief Buddhism 佛 · Relation Patron of
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 96

Beheaded and displayed
AD 755 安祿山反 · Military · Executioner · With Han Chaoyang (韓朝敭)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 87
Entered Qingzhou
Military · Commander · At Qingzhou 青州
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 71
Expelled by troops
Political · Expelled governor
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 9
Fought rebels with repeated success
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 90
Governed troops and promoted agriculture
Administrative · Governor · At Qing 青
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 95
Helped pacify
AD 762 寶應初 · Military · Commander · With Shi Chaoyi (史朝義)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 94

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Killed
AD 755 to AD 757 安祿山反後 · Military · Commander · With Xu Guidao (徐歸道)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 88
Shut out fled to Huazhou
Political · Expelled · With Li Zhengji (李正己) · At Huazhou 滑州
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 97
Withdrew 20000 across sea to Qingzhou
Military · Commander · At Qingzhou 青州
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 91
Relation Patron of · Person Li Zhengji (李正己)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 2
Relation Rival of · Person Li Zhengji (李正己)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 8
Relation Co commander with · Person Wang Xuanzhi (王玄誌)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 88

Assessment later grew slack and dissolute, devoted to hunting and Buddhist patronage, burdening the people with shrines · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 96
seven chi tall, full lower body and sharp upper features
Physical description
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 85