Li Xi (李谿) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Xi was a scholar and Official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 888 to AD 904 昭宗時
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 133
AD 888 to AD 901 琪年十八
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passages 134-135

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Son of Li Xi
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 133

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Li Qi (李琪)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passages 135-136

Events and relationships

Turned shoes to greet
Reception · Host · With Li Qi (李琪)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 135

Assessments and attributes

Assessment famed for literary attainments together with his son · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 133

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 58Volume 58 Book of Later Tang 34: Biographies 10: Zhao Guangfeng, Zheng Jue, Cui Xie, Li Qi, Xiao Qing · 3 passages

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昭宗時，李谿父子以文學知名。 During the reign of Emperor Zhaozong, Li Xi and his son were famed for their literary attainments.

琪年十八，袖賦一軸謁谿。 At eighteen Qi carried a scroll of rhapsodies in his sleeve and called on Li Xi.

谿覽賦驚異，倒屣迎門，出琪《調啞鍾》、《捧日》等賦，謂琪曰：「余嘗患近年文士辭賦，皆數句之後，未見賦題，吾子入句見題，偶屬典麗，籲！ Xi read the rhapsody with astonishment, turned his shoes around to greet him at the door, and brought out Qi's 'Tuning the Mute Bell,' 'Holding Up the Sun,' and other pieces. He said to Qi, "I have often lamented that in recent years literati rhapsodies wander for several lines before the subject appears. Yours reveals its theme from the opening line, and the diction is classically splendid—marvelous!