Sui and Tang · Statesman and Official

Jifu 吉甫

c. AD 758 - AD 814

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Jifu was a statesman and Official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

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TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Posthumous name Jingxian 敬憲 Jingxian

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  • AD 814 會暴疾卒
    Item five hundred bolts of silk beyond standard funeral gifts 賻外別賜縑五百 · Relation Bestowed
    Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 146, passage 185

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 146Volume 146 Biographies 71: Two Li's · 17 passages
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田季安疾甚，吉甫請任薛平為義成節度使，以重兵控邢、洺，因圖上河北險要所在，帝張於浴堂門壁，每議河北事，必指吉甫曰：「朕日按圖，信如卿料矣。」 When Tian Ji'an fell gravely ill, Jifu asked that Xue Ping be appointed military commissioner of Yicheng with strong forces to control Xing and Ming; he also submitted a map of strategic points in Hebei; the emperor posted it on the wall of the Bath Hall; whenever Hebei affairs were discussed he would point to Jifu and say, "I consult this map daily—it is exactly as you predicted."
烏重胤守河陽，吉甫以汝州捍蔽東都，聯唐、許，當蔡西面，兵寡不足憚寇，而河陽乃魏博之津，弘正歸國，則為內鎮，不宜戍重兵示不信，請徙屯汝州。 Wu Chongyin held Heyang; Jifu argued that Ruzhou shielded the eastern capital, linked Tang and Xu, and faced Cai on the west, and with few troops could not deter the enemy; yet Heyang was Weibo's strategic crossing—with Hongzheng's return it became an inner command and should not be heavily garrisoned as a sign of distrust; he asked to move the garrison to Ruzhou.