Li Jifu 李吉甫

Other names

Family

• Child of Li Qiyun (李棲筠)
  son 子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 58

Career and standing

• drafter of edicts 知制誥
  AD 805 憲宗立 · Appointed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 71
• Prefect of Zhongzhou 忠州刺史
  AD 785 to AD 805 貞元 · Appointed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 65
• Hanlin Academician 翰林學士
  Appointed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 72
• warehouse clerk of the Left Bureau of the Imperial Guard Command 左司禦率府倉曹參軍
  Appointed · Means hereditary privilege
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 59
• Erudite of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常博士
  AD 785 to AD 787 貞元初 · Held
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 60
• Drafting Secretary of the Secretariat 中書舍人
  Promoted
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 72

Places and affiliations

• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 59
• At Chen 郴 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 67
• At Mingzhou 明州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 64
• At Rao 饒 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 67
• At Zhongzhou 忠州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 65
• Organization Hanlin Academy 翰林 · Relation Member of
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 72

Learning and skills

• Skill ritual precedent 典故 · Level thoroughly-versed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 60

Works and attributed material

• Counsel · Speaker · With Emperor Xianzong (憲宗) · Paraphrased
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 74
• Ritual program · Author
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 62
• Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Xianzong (憲宗) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passages 76-77, 79-80, 82

Events and relationships

• Cleared haunted yamen and took up residence
  Administration · Prefect
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passages 68-69
• Destroyed bandit lairs
  Legal · Suppressor
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 70
• Drafted mourning rites
  AD 785 to AD 787 貞元初 · Ritual · Drafter · With Empress Zhaode (昭德皇后)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passages 61-62
• Not transferred for six years
  Career · Subject
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 66
• Opposed immediate campaign urged cutting tribute
  Counsel · Adviser · With Liu Pi (劉闢)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 74
• Planning led suppression of
  Counsel · Chief planner · With Liu Pi (劉闢)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 85

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment magnanimous; people esteemed his measure · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 66
• Assessment reputation for good governance spread widely · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 70