Li Xi 李憙

Other names

Family

• Parent of Li Zan (李贊)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 147
• Parent of Li Jian (李儉)
  younger son 少子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 148

• Kinship Role kinsmen and old friends · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 145

Career and standing

• acting Minister of Education 行司徒事
  AD 265 魏帝告禪于晉 · Acted
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 117
• General Who Spreads Might 揚威將軍
  Added
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 113
• Grand Tutor to the Heir Apparent 太子太傅
  AD 267 其年，皇太子立 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 132
• director of the army 軍司
  AD 255 to AD 265 司馬伷為甯北將軍，鎮鄴 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 112
• Grand Master of Splendid Carriage 光祿大夫
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 135-136
• Inspector of Ji Province 冀州刺史
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 116

Places and affiliations

• Polity Cao Wei 曹魏 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 112, 117, 130
• Polity Western Jin 西晉 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 117-118, 130
• AD 255 to AD 265 居家月餘
  At home 家 · Relation Resided
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 116
• At Liangzhou 涼州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 113

Works and attributed material

• Remonstrated against Prince You garrison
  AD 282 齊王攸出鎮 · Memorial · Author · With Jin Emperor
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 144
• AD 265 泰始初
  Memorial · Author · With Jin Emperor · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 119-120

Events and relationships

• Defeated raiders
  AD 255 to AD 265 司馬伷為甯北將軍，鎮鄴 · Military · Commander · At Liangzhou frontier 塞 · Outcome Great capture; merit outweighed blame
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 114
• Instructed heir for many years
  Educational · Tutor · With Jin Heir Apparent (皇太子)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 134
• Presented abdication rescript
  AD 265 魏帝告禪于晉 · Ritual · Assistant · With Zheng Chong (鄭沖)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 117
• Requested return
  Official · Subject · Outcome Permitted
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 115
• Sought dismissal and degraded posthumous title
  Legal · Accuser
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 119-120
• Urged dispatch against Liangzhou raiders
  Military · Advocate · Outcome Court refused; Liangzhou later lost · At Liangzhou 涼州
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 140-142

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment likened to Feng Fengshi and Gan Yanshou of Han · With Feng Fengshi (馮奉世), Gan Yanshou (甘延壽) · Mode named-source-report Source men of the time
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 114
• Assessment praised by court and countryside as metropolitan commandant of two dynasties · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 130
• Assessment pure, plain, poor, and frugal · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 143, 145
• Assessment straight man of the state; heart set on the public good · Mode edict Speaker Jin Emperor
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 126
• Assessment upholds virtue and duty; should join the highest council; pillar beside the throne · Mode edict Speaker Jin Emperor
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passages 136-137
• Item five hundred thousand cash 錢五十萬 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 139

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 112
• never used public office for private gain; shared clothes and food with kin and old friends; household had no stores
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 145