Sui and Tang · Prefect and Duke of Ande

Li Zeyan 擇言

Attested AD 756

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Zeyan was a Prefect and Duke of Ande.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 756 敘祖先於至德前後
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 2

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Li Mian (李勉)
father 父
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 2
Child of Parent of Li Zeyan
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 1-2

Career and standing

prefect of Han, Bao, Xiang, and Qi 漢褒相岐四州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 2
Duke of Ande 安德郡公
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 2

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu · 2 passages

父擇言，為漢褒相岐四州刺史、安德郡公，所歷皆以嚴干聞。 His father Zeyan held the posts of prefect over Han, Bao, Xiang, and Qi and bore the title Duke of Ande; wherever he served, he was known for stern efficiency.

在漢州，張嘉貞為益州長史、判都督事，性簡貴，待管內刺史禮隔，而引擇言同榻，坐談政理，時人榮之。 When Zeyan was in Han Prefecture, Zhang Jiazhen served as chief secretary of Yizhou and acted as military governor. Aloof and proud by nature, Zhang kept the prefects in his circuit at a formal distance, yet invited Zeyan to share his couch and discuss affairs of government; contemporaries regarded this as a signal honor.