Overview
Li Xun was an official and Administrator.
Life and dates
Death
- AD 809 元和四年四月Died of illness in the evening after receiving visitors while still discussing official workDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 238, 246
Age
- 71AD 809 元和四年四月 · Reckoning SuiDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 246
Attested activity
- AD 809 元和四年四月Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 246
- AD 780 to AD 805 德宗Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 239-240, 242, 244
- AD 780 to AD 809 德宗至元和四年Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 233, 236, 238-239, 246
- AD 805 to AD 809 憲宗Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 236-237
Career and standing
- bureaucratic administrator 吏職Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 233-234
- Hunan Observation Commissioner 湖南觀察使AD 780 to AD 805 德宗 · AppointedDated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 242
- Minister of Personnel 吏部尚書AD 809 元和四年四月 · HeldDated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 238, 246
- Director in the Left Bureau 左司郎中AD 780 to AD 805 德宗 · HeldDated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 240
- Supervising Secretariat Drafter 給事中AD 780 to AD 805 德宗 · HeldDated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 242
- investigating commissioner in Jiangxi 江西廉察HeldDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 245
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- Prefect of Changzhou 常州刺史AD 780 to AD 805 德宗 · TransferredDated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 240
- Left Vice Director of the Imperial Secretariat 尚書左僕射AD 809 元和四年四月 · Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 246
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 233
- AD 780 to AD 805 德宗At Changzhou 常州 · Relation Posted toDated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 240
- AD 780 to AD 805 德宗At Hunan 湖南 · Relation Posted toDated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 242, 244
- At Jiangxi 江西 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 245
Works and attributed material
- AD 780 to AD 805 德宗Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 244
- AD 805 to AD 809 憲宗Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 236
Events and relationships
- Memorialized bribery and collusionDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 244
- Plotted to killDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 239, 244
- Put innocents to deathLegal · Authority · At Jiangxi 江西Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 245
- Recommended for officeAD 805 to AD 809 憲宗 · Personnel · Recommender · With Cheng Yi (程異) · Outcome Xianzong granted the requestDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 236
- Reviewed schedules while ill then diedAD 809 元和四年四月 · Administrative · HostDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 238
- AD 780 to AD 805 德宗Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 240, 242
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- AD 805 to AD 809 憲宗Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 236
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment excelled at bureaucratic work by nature; kept files even at home; unforgiving toward subordinates · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 233-235
- Assessment sharp-eyed precision and discernment deserving recognition · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 265
- Assessment stubborn, ruthless, cunning, wicked, and deeply jealous · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 239
- Assessment won fame through fiscal mastery · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 267
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 233
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