Li Rangyi (李讓夷) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Rangyi was an official and Statesman.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Daxin	達心	Dáxīn

Life and dates

Death

AD 846 宣宗立
died of illness on the road while returning 以疾願還，卒於道
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passage 148

Attested activity

AD 830 太和四年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 250-251
AD 831 五年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 253
AD 840 to AD 846 mid-ninth-century Tang official in chapter heading
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 181, passage 2
AD 831 五年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 226
AD 830 太和四年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 223-224
AD 846 宣宗立
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passages 146, 148

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AD 840 武宗初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passage 144
AD 836 開成初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passages 136, 138, 142

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Origins and identity

Longxi descent 系本隴西
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 130

Career and standing

commissioner for the late emperor's mausoleum 大行山陵使
AD 846 宣宗立 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passage 146
military commissioner of Huainan 淮南節度使
AD 846 宣宗立 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passage 147
Minister of Works 司空
AD 846 宣宗立 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passage 146
Vice Director of the Chancellery 門下侍郎
AD 846 宣宗立 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passage 146
Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書右丞
AD 840 武宗初 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passage 144
Vice Director of the Secretariat and Co-Director of the Chancellery 中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事
AD 840 武宗初 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passage 144

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diary attendant with remonstrance grandee 諫議兼起居
AD 836 開成初 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passages 136, 138, 142
Secretariat Drafter 中書舍人
AD 836 開成初 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passage 142
administrative aide in Li Jiang's Zhenguo headquarters 鎮國李絳府判官
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 131
Hanlin academician 學士
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 133
honorary Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs 檢校尚書右仆射
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 145
Remonstrance Grandee 諫議大夫
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 135
Right Remonstrance Official 右拾遺
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 133
Hanlin Academician 翰林學士
AD 830 太和四年 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 250
Hanlin Academician 翰林學士
AD 830 太和四年 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 223
Hanlin Academician 翰林學士
AD 831 五年 · Removed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 253
Hanlin Academician 翰林學士
AD 831 五年 · Removed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 226
Vice Director of the Bureau of Operations 職方員外郎
AD 831 五年 · Retained after dismissal
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 226
Vice Director of the Bureau of Operations 職方員外郎
AD 831 五年 · Retained
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 253
staff officer under Du Yuanying in western Sichuan 西川杜元穎幕府
Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 132
Minister of Education 司徒
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 148
Entered
Dismissed from office · Reason association with Xue Tinglao
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 134

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Associated
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 181, passage 2
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 223
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 250; New Book of Tang 181, passages 131, 144
At Longxi 隴西 · Relation Ancestral place
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 130
AD 846 宣宗立
At Huainan 淮南 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passage 147
At western Sichuan 西川 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 132

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At Zhenguo 鎮國 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 131

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 131

Events and relationships

Appointed after Luzhou pacification
Appointment · Honoree · At Luzhou 潞州
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 145
Recommended and sponsored entry into inner secretariat
AD 830 太和四年 · Personnel · Sponsor · With Tinglao (廷老)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 224
Removed from Hanlin post because of Tinglao
Personnel · Dismissed colleague · With Xue Tinglao (薛廷老)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 253
Removed from hanlin because of tinglao
AD 831 五年 · Personnel · Casualty · With Tinglao (廷老)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 226
Relation Advanced under · Person Li Deyu (李德裕)
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 181, passage 144
Relation Friend of · Person Xue Tinglao (薛廷老)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 134

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Relation On good terms with · Person Xue Tinglao (薛廷老)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 250
Relation Recommender of · Person Xue Tinglao (薛廷老)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 251
Relation Friend of · Person Song Shenxi (宋申錫)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 133
Relation Recommended by · Person Song Shenxi (宋申錫)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 133
Relation Staff under · Person Du Yuanying (杜元穎)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 132
Relation Staff under · Person Li Jiang (李絳)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 131
Relation Recommender of · Person Tinglao (廷老)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 224

Assessments and attributes

Assessment upright, cautious in friendship, frugal despite high office, admired by his age · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 149

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 250; New Book of Tang 181, passage 2

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 153Volume 149 Biographies 99: Yu Xiulie, Ling Huhuan, Gui Chongjing, Xi Zhi, Zhang Jian, Jiang Yi, Liu Deng, Shen Chuanshi · 3 passages

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太和四年，以本官充翰林學士，與同職李讓夷相善。 In Taihe 4 he was appointed Hanlin Academician while retaining his existing rank and was on good terms with his colleague Li Rangyi.

廷老之入內署，讓夷薦挈之。 Rangyi recommended and sponsored Tinglao's entry into the inner secretariat.

五年，罷職，守本官，讓夷亦坐廷老罷職，守職方員外郎。 In year 5 he was removed from the Hanlin post but kept his nominal rank. Rangyi was removed as well because of Tinglao and kept only his post as vice director of the Bureau of Operations.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 157Volume 153 Biographies 103: Yao Nanzhong, Liu Nai, Yuan Gao, Duan Pingzhong, Xue Cuncheng, Lu Tan · 3 passages

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太和四年，以本官充翰林學士，與同職李讓夷相善。 In Taihe 4 he was appointed Hanlin Academician while retaining his existing rank and was on good terms with his colleague Li Rangyi.

廷老之入內署，讓夷薦挈之。 Rangyi recommended and sponsored Tinglao's entry into the inner secretariat.

五年，罷職，守本官，讓夷亦坐廷老罷職，守職方員外郎。 In year 5 he was removed from the Hanlin post but kept his nominal rank. Rangyi was removed as well because of Tinglao and kept only his post as vice director of the Bureau of Operations.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 181Volume 181 Biographies 106: Chen, Three Li's, Cao, Liu · 9 passages

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◎陳夷行李紳李讓夷曹確劉瞻 ◎ Chen Yixing, Li Shen, Li Rangyi, Cao Que, and Liu Zhan