Li Xin 李訢

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Ji (績)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 51, passages 108-109
• Descendant of Chan (產)
  great-grandfather 曾祖 · paternal line · 3 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 108
• Kin of Pei You (裴攸)
  son-in-law 女壻 · Through Daughter of Li Xin
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 159
• Kin of Li Ying (李英)
  clansman 宗人 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 187
• Parent of Daughter of Li Xin
  daughter 女
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 51, passage 159
• Sibling of Li Gong (李恭)
  elder brother 長兄 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 211
• Parent of Sui (邃)
  eldest son 長子
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 203
• Child of Li Chong (李崇)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 114, 131
• Child of Chong (崇)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 109
• Child of Lady Sun (孫氏)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 113, 246
• Spouse of Daughter of Du Chao
  son-in-law 壻 · Marriage
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 120, 123
• Parent of Lingdu (令度)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 210
• Parent of Linghe (令和)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 210
• Betrothed to Daughter of Du Chao
  wife 妻 · Betrothal
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 119-120
• Sibling of Pu (璞)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 176

• Kinship Role sons · Count 3
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 202
• Kinship Role elder brothers · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 113

Origins and identity

• great-grandfather Chan; Chan's son Ji; father Chong
  Line paternal
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 108-109

Career and standing

• provincial administrator 治州
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 151
• Attendant-in-Ordinary 侍中
  AD 476 七月 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 51, passage 192
• General Who Guards the South 鎮南大將軍
  AD 476 七月 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 51, passage 192
• Governor of Xuzhou 徐州刺史
  AD 476 七月 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 51, passage 192
• Minister of Works 司空
  AD 476 六月，顯袓崩 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 51, passages 190-191
• Director of the Ceremonial Bureau 儀曹尚書
  AD 452 高宗即位 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 246

Places and affiliations

• Northern Wei/北魏
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 211
• Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 51, passage 1
• Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 115, 151, 181, 246
• Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Subject of
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 51, passages 107, 110
• At Fanyang 范陽
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 107
• AD 476 七月
  At Xuzhou 徐州 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 51, passage 192

Learning and skills

• Institution Secretariat school 中書學 · Relation Student at
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 115-116
• Belief Confucian classical education 經教 · Relation Advocate of
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 136, 146
• Skill judging legal cases 折獄 · Level perceptive
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 252

Works and attributed material

• Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · Addressed to Emperor Xianzu (顯袓)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 136-149
• Edict · Subject · Direct quotation · Mode named-source-report Source Work edict of late Yanxing 延興末詔
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 181-189
• Speech · Speaker · With Pei You (裴攸) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 159-162
• Speech · Speaker · With Fan Xie (范𢷋) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 196-197
• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 200

Events and relationships

• Accepted bribes
  Legal · Accused · Outcome Accepted wealth from people and precious goods from foreign merchants
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 153
• Attempted suicide
  Personal · Subject · Outcome Failed to kill himself with hairpin and belt
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 161
• Attended mourning
  Ritual · Son in law mourner · With Du Chao (杜超)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 123
• Bandits robbed four households including Li Ying
  Criminal victimization · Clansman of victims · With Li Ying (李英)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 187
• Followed Pei You advice to learn Fu crimes
  Legal · Informant · With Pei You (裴攸)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 166
• Household executed
  Punishment · Victim
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 240

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment administration clean and simple; perceptive in judging cases; crime ceased; people praised him · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 252
• Assessment compared favorably to Zichan of Zheng and Jiwen of Lu · Mode named-source-report Source Work edict of late Yanxing 延興末詔 · Compared To Person Ids Zichan (子產), Jiwen (季文)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 185
• Assessment minister who amasses wealth worse than a thief · Mode hearsay
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 175
• Assessment physiognomist declared he would rise to greatness at birth · Mode hearsay Witness Person Id Li Chong (李崇)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 114
• Assessment pillar of the state and seasoned elder; distinguished service under previous emperor · Mode named-source-report Source Work imperial edict 詔
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 181
• Assessment praised by the historian · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 239

Source notes

• Northern History biography omits 諮議 after 博士.
  Source 北史李訢傳
  Textual variant · Book of Wei 51, passage 243
• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 113, 151