Overview
The translated histories identify Li Fang as an official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Li Fang | 李昉 | Li Fang |
| Title | Director of the Bureau of Receptions | 主客郎中 | Zhuke langzhong |
| Title | Drafter of Imperial Edicts | 知制誥 | Zhi zhigao |
| Title | Former chief minister | 故相 | Gu xiang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · songshi:120:s0119
Roles
- Official
- Scholar
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 明道二年 · Western Year: AD 1033Explicit event contextual date · songshi:120:s0093, songshi:120:s0119
- Source Date: Text: 顯德六年 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:120:s0069
Career and standing
- Label: Chief minister / 相 · Action: formerly-heldExplicit · songshi:120:s0119
- Label: Director of the Bureau of Receptions / 主客郎中 · Action: heldExplicit · songshi:120:s0119
- Label: Drafter of Imperial Edicts / 知制誥 · Action: heldExplicit · songshi:120:s0119
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Song / 宋 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · songshi:120:s0119
Events and relationships
- Kind: deliberation · Role: participant · Action: repeatedly-deliberated-at-provincial-main-hallExplicit · songshi:120:s0119
References in the histories
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