Overview
The translated histories identify Li Xian as an official and statesman. This record brings together 6 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Li Xian | 李賢 | Li Xian |
| Personal name | Li Xian | 李賢 | Li Xian |
| Personal | Li Xian | 李賢 | Lǐ Xián |
| Title | Vice Minister | 侍郎 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · mingshi:012:s0018, mingshi:014:s0146
Roles
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 天順元年二月癸卯 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0001, mingshi:012:s0018
- Source Date: Text: 天順元年六月己亥 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0001, mingshi:012:s0040
- Source Date: Text: 天順元年六月庚子 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0001, mingshi:012:s0042
- Source Date: Text: 天順元年六月甲辰 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0001, mingshi:012:s0046
- Source Date: Text: 天順元年秋七月庚午 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0001, mingshi:012:s0052
- Source Date: Text: 成化二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1485Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0146
Career and standing
- Label: Hanlin Academician / 翰林學士 · Action: appointed concurrently · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年二月癸卯 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0018
- Label: Grand Secretariat, participant in confidential affairs / 入閣預機務 · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年二月癸卯 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0018
- Label: Vice Minister of Personnel / 吏部侍郎 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年二月癸卯 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0018
- Label: Grand Secretariat / 入閣 · Action: reentered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年秋七月庚午 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0052
- Label: Vice Minister of Personnel / 吏部侍郎 · Action: restored to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年六月甲辰 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0046
- Legal Action: imprisonment in the Brocade Guard prison / 下錦衣衛獄 · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年六月己亥 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0040
- Legal Action: demotion to a post outside the capital / 謫外任 · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年六月庚子 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0042
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Ming / 明 · Relation: served
Events and relationships
- Kind: relief · Role: envoy · Action: relieved-famineExplicit · mingshi:014:s0146
References in the histories
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