Li Xian 李賢

Family

• Sibling of Li Yuan (李遠)
  brothers 兄弟 · Uncertain siblings
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 25, passages 306, 318

• Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 306

Career and standing

• civil and military office together 任兼文武
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 308
• headquarters and field commands 莫府／戎行
  Held · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 307
• fine ranks and recorded merit 好爵／勳庸
  Held · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 307
• Received
  Honored as men of the realm · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 307

Places and affiliations

• AD 557 to AD 581 自周迄隋
  Polity Northern Zhou 周 · Relation Clan prominent in
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 309
• AD 581 to AD 618 自周迄隋
  Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Clan prominent in
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 309
• AD 557 to AD 618 自周迄隋
  At Western Capital 西京 · Relation Clan based at
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 309

Works and attributed material

• Historian comment · Subject · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 306-309

Events and relationships

• Registered names and pledged allegiance when they met the right time and ruler
  Political · Subject · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 307
• Repeatedly crushed formidable enemies and passed through peril
  Military · Commander · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 306

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment as a Western Capital great clan from Zhou through Sui, not even the Jin and Zhang clans of Han stood above them · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 309
• Assessment bold in design and fierce in loyalty, yet merit unrecorded at court and offices not above prefecture and commandery before they met a worthy ruler · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 306
• Assessment fame at court and abroad; standing lofty; glory to the state and honor to the clan unmatched in their day · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 308

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 306