Sui and Tang · Official

Li Jifu 李吉甫

Lǐ Jífǔ

Attested AD 805 - AD 820

Passages: 8
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Jifu as a military officer, official, and statesman. This record brings together 8 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Li Jifu	李吉甫	Lǐ Jífǔ
Given name	Jifu	吉甫	Jífǔ
Surname	Li	李	Lǐ
Personal name	Li Jifu	李吉甫	Lǐ Jífǔ
Personal	Li Jifu	李吉甫	Li Jifu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0212, xintangshu:055:s0151
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:175:s0022

Roles

Military Officer
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 憲宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 805 · End: AD 820
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0212
Source Date: Text: 憲宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 805 · End: AD 820
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:175:s0022
Source Date: Text: 李泌增俸之後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 807 · End: AD 814
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:055:s0150, xintangshu:055:s0151

Career and standing

Label: Chancellor / 宰相 · Action: held
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0212, xintangshu:055:s0151

Places and affiliations

Label: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:045:s0212
Polity: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:055:s0151

Events and relationships

Kind: administrative · Role: reformer · Action: fixed-evaluation-transfer-grades
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0212, xintangshu:045:s0213, xintangshu:045:s0214, xintangshu:045:s0215
Kind: political · Role: chancellor · Action: proposed reducing idle-title salaries; became permanent policy
Explicit · xintangshu:055:s0151

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0212, xintangshu:055:s0151

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 45Volume 45 Treatises 40: Selecting and Appointing Officials 2 · 1 passage

憲宗時，宰相李吉甫定考遷之格，諸州刺史、次赤府少尹、次赤令、諸陵令、五府司馬、上州以上上佐、東宮官詹事諭德以下、王府官四品以上皆五考。 Under Xianzong, Li Jifu set review standards: prefects, secondary-capital officials, tomb directors, capital marshals, senior prefectural aides, Eastern Palace staff from grand tutor down, and fourth-rank princely officials—all required five reviews.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 55Volume 55 Treatises 51: Finance and Economics 4 · 1 passage

宰相李吉甫建議減之，遂為常法。 Chancellor Li Jifu proposed trimming such payments, and the reduction became permanent policy.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 175Volume 175 Biographies 100: Dou, Liu, Two Zhangs, Yang, Xiong, Bai · 6 passages

武元衡、李吉甫皆所厚善，故召拜吏部郎中。 Wu Yuanheng and Li Jifu both favored him, and he was recalled as Director in the Ministry of Personnel.

群引呂溫、羊士諤為御史，吉甫以二人躁險，持不下。 Qun nominated Lü Wen and Yang Shie as censors; Jifu judged them reckless and would not confirm them.

群忮狠，反怨吉甫。 Qun was spiteful and turned his resentment on Jifu.

吉甫節度淮南，群謂失恩，因擠之。 When Jifu went out to Huainan as military commissioner, Qun thought he had fallen from grace and worked to squeeze him out.

陳登者，善術，夜過吉甫家，群即捕登掠考，上言吉甫陰事。 A man named Chen Deng, versed in divination, visited Jifu's house at night; Qun seized him, tortured him, and accused Jifu of clandestine affairs.

憲宗面覆登，得其情，大怒，將誅群，吉甫為救解，乃免，出為湖南觀察使。 Xianzong examined Deng face to face, learned the facts, flew into a rage and nearly put Qun to death; Jifu interceded, he was spared, and was demoted to observation commissioner of Hunan.