Five Dynasties · Official and Scholar

Li Yi 李懌

Attested AD 920

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Yi was an official and Scholar.

Life and dates

Death

died aged a little over seventy
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 245

Age

seventy-odd sui
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 245

Attested activity

AD 920 source
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 236

Career and standing

Hanlin academician 翰林學士
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passages 239, 241
minister of justice with separate commission in Luoyang 刑部尚書分司洛陽
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 245

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 239
At Jingzhao 京兆
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 236

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 238

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Quote true
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passages 242-243

Assessments and attributes

Assessment praised for knowing proper form · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 244

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 55Volume 55 Miscellaneous Biographies 35: Liu Xu, Lu Wenji, Ma Yinxun, Yao Yi, Liu Yue, Ma Gao, Cui Jujian, Cui Zhuo, Li Yi · 3 passages

○李懌 Li Yi

李懌，京兆人也。 Li Yi was from Jingzhao.

時右散騎常侍張文寶知貢舉，所放進士，中書有覆落者，乃請下學士院作詩賦為貢舉格，學士竇夢徵、張礪等所作不工，乃命懌為之，懌笑曰：「年少舉進士登科，蓋偶然爾。 Right regular attendant Zhang Wenbao was then in charge of the examination. Some of his passed candidates were struck down on Secretariat review, so he asked the Hanlin Academy to compose model poetry and rhapsodies for the examination. The efforts of Dou Mengzheng, Zhang Li, and others were inadequate, and Yi was ordered to write them. Yi laughed and said: "When I passed the jinshi examination in youth, it was probably only by chance.