Li Qiao (李嶠) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Qiao as an official and statesman. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Li Qiao	李嶠	Li Qiao
Surname	Li	李	Lǐ
Personal name	Li Qiao	李嶠	Li Qiao
Personal name	Li Qiao	李嶠	Lǐ Qiáo
Given name	Qiao	嶠	Qiáo

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiutangshu:085:s0126, xintangshu:045:s0133, xintangshu:113:s0128

Roles

Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: AD 700-701 · Western Interval: Start: AD 700 · End: AD 701
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:113:s0128
Source Date: Text: 則天時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 690 · End: AD 705
Explicit event contextual date · jiutangshu:085:s0126
Source Date: Text: 神龍二年 · Western Year: AD 706
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0135
Source Date: Text: 長安三年 · Western Year: AD 703
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:045:s0130, xintangshu:045:s0133

Family

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Kin of Zhang Xi (張錫)
Kinship Term: maternal nephew / 甥 · Line: maternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Sister of Zhang Xi
Kinship Term: maternal uncle / 舅 · Line: maternal · Subject Role: maternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew · Intermediary Person Ids: Sister of Zhang Xi
Child of Sister of Zhang Xi
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Child of Sister of Zhang Xi
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological

Career and standing

Label: Secretariat Director / 中書令 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0135
Label: Minister / 尚書 · Action: held
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0133

Places and affiliations

Label: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:045:s0133

Events and relationships

Kind: administrative · Role: reformer · Action: barred-aides-from-regular-duties
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0135
Kind: administrative · Role: creator · Action: created-surplus-aide-posts
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0133

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0133

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 85Volume 81 Biographies 31: Cui Dunli, Lu Chengqin, Liu Xiangdao, Li Jingxuan, Li Yiyan, Sun Chuyue, Le Yanwei, Zhao Renben · 1 passage

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先是，姊子李嶠知政事，錫拜官，而嶠罷相出為國子祭酒，舅甥相代為相，時人榮之。 Earlier his nephew Li Qiao had been chancellor; when Xi was appointed, Qiao left office as rector of the National University—uncle and nephew succeeding each other as chief ministers, to the admiration of the age.

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

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時李嶠為尚書，又置員外郎二千餘員，悉用勢家親戚，給俸祿，使厘務，至與正官爭事相毆者。 Li Qiao then created more than two thousand aide posts for powerful families' relatives, paid them salaries, and set them to work—some even brawled with regular officials over duties.

神龍二年，嶠復為中書令，始悔之，乃停員外官厘務。 In Shenlong 2, Li Qiao again became Secretariat Director, regretted the abuse, and barred aide officials from handling regular duties.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 113 Biographies 38: Tang, Zhang, Xu · 1 passage

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子錫，久視初，為鳳閣侍郎、同鳳閣鸞臺平章事，代其甥李嶠為宰相。 His son Xi, early in the Jiushi era, became vice minister of the Phoenix Pavilion and chancellor, succeeding his nephew Li Qiao.