Linghu Xi (令狐熙) | 24 Histories

Overview

Linghu Xi was an official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Changxi	長熙	Chángxī

Life and dates

Death

AD 600 to AD 602 憂憤發病而卒，時年六十三
At Yongzhou 永州 · Cause Illness from grief and anger under arrest · Age 63
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 109

Age

61
AD 599 to AD 600 四載於茲 · Reckoning Sui · Statement 犬馬之年，六十有一
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 98
63
Reckoning Sui · Statement 時年六十三
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 109

Attested activity

AD 557 to AD 581 ○令狐熙
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 56, passage 50
AD 595 上祠太山還，次汴州
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passages 81, 85
AD 557 to AD 575 仕周起家至河陰之役
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passages 56, 62
AD 588 八年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 76
AD 581 to AD 618 史臣曰
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 56, passage 293
AD 583 吐谷渾寇邊
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 67

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AD 595 to AD 602 嶺南任至卒
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passages 86, 98, 109
AD 577 武帝平齊
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 63
AD 581 to AD 601 熙實無贓貨
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 56, passage 111
AD 584 開皇四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 73
AD 581 高祖受禪之際
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 65

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Linghu Zheng (令狐整)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 52, 59
Child of Mother of Linghu Xi (令狐熙母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 57
Parent of Linghu Defen (令狐德棻)
youngest son 少子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 112

Kinship Role sons · Count 4
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 111

Origins and identity

Family for generations leading magnates of the western prefectures
代為西州豪右
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 51

Career and standing

official 官
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 56
acting Neiyan in original post 以本官行納言事
AD 581 高祖受禪之際 · Acted
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 65
Yitong (equal to the Three Excellencies) 儀同
Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 64
Governor of Bianzhou 汴州刺史
AD 595 上祠太山還，次汴州 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 81
Administering Director to the Governor-General of Bingzhou 并州總管司馬
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 77
Chief Administrator to the Governor-General of Yizhou 益州總管長史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 68

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Chief Administrator 長史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 79
commander 都督
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 56
General Who Supports the State 輔國將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 56
Governor of Cangzhou 滄州刺史
Appointed · before taking the Yizhou post
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 69
junior grand master of the Bureau of Operations 職方下大夫
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 62
junior master of the imperial carriage 小駕部
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 61
Left Chief Administrator of the Ministry of Education 司徒左長史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 66
senior officer in the Ministry of Personnel 吏部上士
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 56
concurrent Minister of Personnel 兼吏部尚書
Concurrent
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 80
Upper Yitong 上儀同
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 66
Shang Kaifu 上開府
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 67
chief administrator on campaign 行軍長史
AD 583 吐谷渾寇邊 · Served
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 67
senior clerk in the Bureau of Merits 司勳中大夫
Served
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 64
senior clerk in the Bureau of Personnel 吏部中大夫
Served
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 64
Governor-General of Guizhou over seventeen prefectures with military authority 桂州總管十七州諸軍事
Summoned
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 86
Vice Governor of Yongzhou 雍州別駕
Summoned
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 78
Director of Revenue of the Hebei Circuit Executive 河北道行台度支尚書
AD 588 八年 · Transferred
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 76
Grand Master for Ceremonials 鴻臚卿
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 79
senior officer of the Summer Office 夏官府都上士
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 56
Duke of Henan Commandery 河南郡公
At Henan commandery 河南郡 · Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 66
Increased
AD 577 武帝平齊 · Households 600 · Reason garrison merit
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 63
Duke of Wukang Commandery 武康郡公
At Wukang commandery 武康郡 · Re enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 87
Duke of Pengyang County 彭陽縣公
At Pengyang 彭陽縣 · Households 2100 · Received
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 62
stele praising his virtue 立碑頌德
Erected by populace
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 76
Duke of Henan Commandery 河南郡公
Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 66
Duke of Pengyang County 彭陽縣公
Inherited
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 62
Duke of Wukang Commandery 武康郡公
Re enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 87
Entered
Mourning · Reason father's death
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 61
Left office
Mourning · Reason mother's death
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 57
Accused of accepting bribes from Fozi and releasing him
Accused · With Li Fozi (李佛子) · Mode allegation
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 107
Family property confiscated
Confiscation · Authority Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 110
Fettered and brought to court
Arrest · Authority Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 108
Posthumously vindicated
AD 602 劉方擒佛子送于京師 · Cleared of bribery
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 111

Places and affiliations

AD 581 高祖受禪之際
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 65
Polity Northern Zhou 周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 56, 63
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 56, passage 111
At Dunhuang 燉煌
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 51
AD 595 上祠太山還，次汴州
At Bianzhou 汴州 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 81
At Cangzhou 滄州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 69, 71

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At Guizhou 桂州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 86, 88
At Yongzhou 永州 · Relation Died at
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 109

Learning and skills

began career through mastery of the classics
Field classics 通經
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 56
Skill musical theory 音律 · Level considerable knowledge
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 55
Skill the Three Rites and the classics 《三禮》 · Level especially learned
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 55
Skill mounted archery 騎射 · Level skilled
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 55

Works and attributed material

Letter · Author · With Ning Mengli (寧猛力) · Paraphrased
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 94
Memorial · Author · With Emperor Gaozu (高祖) · Direct quotation · Mode document Speaker Linghu Xi (令狐熙)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 98-103
Memorial · Author · With Emperor Gaozu (高祖) · Paraphrased
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 97
Speech · Addressee · With Linghu Zheng (令狐整) · Direct quotation · Mode speech Speaker Linghu Zheng (令狐整)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 58-59
Speech · Subject of praise · With Emperor Gaozu (高祖) · Direct quotation · Mode speech Speaker Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 83
Speech · Subject · Direct quotation · Mode speech
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 88

Events and relationships

Adjudicated affairs of the five ministries
Administrative · Minister
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 80
Asked to be released; refused and granted medicines
Personnel · Petitioner
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 103-104
Banned itinerant food sellers, restrained merchants and artisans, shut street facing doors, settled boat lodgers, sent sojourners home, cleared delayed cases
Administrative · Governor
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 82
Came to court; people wept fearing transfer
AD 584 開皇四年 · Court · Official · At Luoyang 洛陽
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 73
Campaigned against Tuyuhun
AD 583 吐谷渾寇邊 · Military · Chief administrator · With Yuan Xie (元諧)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 67
Dispatched chief officials, built towns, established schools; called a great transformation
Administrative · Governor general
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 90-91

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Extended grace and trust; stream valley chieftains submitted
Administrative · Governor general
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 88-89
Gradually took thin gruel after the warning
Personal · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 60
Nearly did not survive grief for his mother
Personal · Mourner
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 57
Ordered Li Fozi to court and allowed mid winter departure
Diplomatic · Commander · With Li Fozi (李佛子)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 105-106
Ordered voluntary registration; 10,000 households came forward
Administrative · Governor · At Shandong 山東
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 70-71
Performance ranked first in the realm; granted 300 bolts of silk; announced throughout the empire
AD 595 其年來朝 · Court · Official
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 85
Posthumously cleared of bribery
AD 602 劉方擒佛子送于京師 · Legal · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 111
Rear garrison when Emperor Wu conquered Qi
AD 577 武帝平齊 · Military · Garrison commander · With Emperor Wu (武帝)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 63
Relay transport for his household
Administrative · Recipient
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 87
Renamed Anzhou, Huangzhou, Lizhou, Dezhou, and Dongning; emperor approved
Administrative · Memorialist
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 97
Returned and was welcomed beyond the border
Administrative · Governor
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 74
Sent medicines to Ning Mengli's mother
Personal · Benefactor · With Mother of Ning Mengli (寧猛力母)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 95
Served in mourning garb
AD 575 河陰之役 · Military · Officer · At Heyin 河陰
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 62
Unable to rise without a staff; hearers wept
Personal · Mourner
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 61
White crows, white musk deer, fine wheat, and sweet dew appeared
Omen · Governor
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 75
Relation Subordinate of · Person Yuan Xie (元諧)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 67
Relation Model for · Person Doulu Tong (豆盧通)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 84
Relation Appealed friendship with · Person Ning Mengli (寧猛力)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 94, 96
Relation Subordinate of · Person Prince Xiu of Shu (蜀王秀)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 68

Assessments and attributes

Assessment called clear and capable; emperor greatly relied on him · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 80
Assessment called good governance · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 82
Assessment emperor praised the achievement and compared Ye as the hardest place to govern · Mode speech Speaker Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 83
Assessment good beginning, failed to keep a fine ending · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 294
Assessment governed wherever he resided · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 293
Assessment great reputation in his time · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 64

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Assessment hailed as an excellent two-thousand-dan governor · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 72
Assessment reputation for competence at each early post · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 56
Assessment stern and dignified, refined capacity; grave even at home; befriended only noted men · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 53-54
long suffered wasting thirst (消渴), lately worse
Illness
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 101
Item 300 bolts of silk 帛三百匹 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 85
Item 500 bolts of silk 帛五百匹 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 87
Item 500 tent guards 帳內五百人 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 87
Item medicines 醫藥 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 104