Overview
The translated histories identify Li Kui as an administrator, official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 8 passages from 6 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Li Kui | 李悝 | Lǐ Kuī |
| Given | Kui | 悝 | Kuī |
| Surname | Li | 李 | Lǐ |
| Personal name | Li Ke | 李克 | Lǐ Kè |
| Personal name | Li Kui | 李悝 | Lǐ Kuī |
| Personal | Li Kui | 李悝 | Li Kui |
| Alternate name | Li Kui | 李悝 | Lǐ Kuī |
| Personal name | Li Kui | 李悝 | Li Kui |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · hanshu:026:s0086, shiji:065:s0093
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:103:s0050, qingshigao:142:s0010
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:074:s0089
Roles
- Administrator
- Official
- Scholar
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 文侯問李克 · Western Interval: Start: BC 445 · End: BC 396Explicit event contextual date · shiji:065:s0093
- Source Date: Text: 李悝為魏文侯作盡地力之教 · Western Interval: Start: BC 445 · End: BC 396Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:026:s0086
- Source Date: Text: 當魏文侯時，李克務盡地力 · Western Year: BC 400Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:103:s0050
- Western Interval: Start: BC 455 · End: BC 395 · Source Date: Text: 魏有李悝，盡地力之教；Strongly inferred · shiji:074:s0089
- Source Date: Text: 魏李悝著法經六篇 · Western Year: BC 407Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:142:s0010
Career and standing
- Label: agricultural administrator / 務盡地力Explicit · hanshu:103:s0050
- Label: policy adviser / 作盡地力之教Explicit · hanshu:026:s0086
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Wei / 魏 · Relation: associated-withExplicit · shiji:074:s0089
- Polity: Wei / 魏 · Relation: served
Learning and skills
- Skill: maximizing the land's productive power / 盡地力之教Explicit · shiji:074:s0089
Works and attributed material
- Work: Classic of Law / 法經 · Relation: authorExplicit · qingshigao:142:s0010
- Explicit · shiji:065:s0094
- Kind: teaching · Role: author
Events and relationships
- Kind: policy · Role: implementer · Action: applied grain policy making Wei rich and strongExplicit · hanshu:026:s0106
- Kind: scholarly · Role: author · Action: composedExplicit · qingshigao:142:s0010
- Kind: policy · Role: author · Action: devised exhausting-the-land teachings and leveling grain purchases
- Relation: minister-of · Person Id: Marquis Wen of Wei (魏文侯)Explicit · hanshu:026:s0086
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · hanshu:026:s0086
References in the histories
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