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Li Yanzhi 李琰之

Lǐ Yǎnzhī

Attested AD 500 - AD 530

Passages
3
Chapters
3
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Yanzhi as a courtier, historian, and official. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Li Yanzhi 李琰之 Lǐ Yǎnzhī
Personal Li Yanzhi 李琰之 Li Yanzhi
Personal name Li Yanzhi 李琰之 Li Yanzhi
Title Minister over the Masses 司徒 Situ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Courtier
  • Historian
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 世修其業 · Western Interval: Start: AD 500 · End: AD 530
    Explicit event contextual date · weishu:110:s0127
  • Source Date: Text: 司徒李琰之 · Western Interval: Start: AD 520 · End: AD 530
    Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0115
  • Source Date: Text: 孝昌初 · Western Year: AD 525
    Explicit · beiqishu:036:s0020

Family

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  • Parent of Wife of Zhangsun Cheng (李琰之女)
    Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
    Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father

Career and standing

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies 28: Xing Shao · 1 passage
Book of Wei, Chapter 110Volume 104: Author's Preface · 1 passage
Book of Zhou, Chapter 26Volume 26 Biographies 18: Zhang Sunjian; Zhangsun Shaoyuan; Younger Brother Cheng; Elder Brother Si; Hu Sizheng · 1 passage