Shi Liai (時立愛) | 24 Histories

Overview

Shi Liai was a Liao and Jin Statesman and Grand Chancellor.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Changshou	昌壽	Chāngshòu

Life and dates

Death

AD 1137 天會十五年
At his home 家 · Died
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 78, passage 218

Age

aged eighty-two at death
Years 82 · Reckoning Source stated
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 218

Attested activity

AD 1137 天會十五年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 78, passages 217-218
AD 1083 遼太康九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 78, passage 147

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Shi Chengqian (時承謙)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passages 146, 148

Several sons and nephews received appointments
Kinship Role sons and nephews · Quantity several
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 213

Career and standing

Palace Attendant; Head of the Bureau of Military Affairs; Secretariat Director 侍中、知樞密院事、中書令
AD 1131 天會九年 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passages 215-216
Censor-in-Chief 御史中丞
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 151
Co-Grand Councillor 同中書門下平章事
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 213
Deputy Director and Director of the Personnel Section in the Bureau of Military Affairs 吏房副都承旨、都承旨
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 150
Taizhou Staff Officer; Associate Prefect of Chunzhou; Magistrate of Yunnei and Wende 泰州幕官、同知春州事、雲內縣令、文德令
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passages 147-149
Vice Resident Commissioner of Yanjing; Liaoxing Army Military Commissioner; Commander-in-Chief of the Han Forces 燕京副留守、遼興軍節度使、漢軍都統
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 152

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Grand Master of the Palace with Honored Standing as the Third Rank 開府儀同三司
Granted
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 217
Duke of Zheng 鄭國公
AD 1137 天會十五年 · Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 217
Duke of Chen 陳國公
Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 214
Completed
Mourning for his father · With Shi Chengqian (時承謙)
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 148
Entered and recalled from
Mourning for his mother
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 152
Entered
AD 1137 天會十五年 · Retirement
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 217
Petitioned but was refused
Release from military affairs
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 241

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 78, passage 145
At Xincheng, Zhuozhou 涿州新城 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 145

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1083 遼太康九年 · Credential Presented Scholar degree 進士第
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 147

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Speaker Shi Liai (時立愛) · Addressed to Emperor Taizu of Jin (金太祖) · Topic dispatching officials to proclaim Jin benevolence and distinguish submission from resistance
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passages 160-161
Submission message · Author · Speaker Shi Liai (時立愛) · Addressed to Emperor Taizu of Jin (金太祖) · Topic request for leniency toward Pingzhou
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 154

Events and relationships

Left Pingzhou after Zhang Jue became resident commissioner
Political · With Zhang Jue (張覺)
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 168
Presented himself to Zongwang after Yanshan was retaken and received appointments for several sons and nephews
Political · With Zongwang (宗望)
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 213
Refused repeated Song summons and forbade his clan to seek office under Song
Political · Polity Song
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passages 170-171
Sent a preliminary submission asking leniency for the unsettled people of Pingzhou
Political · Authority Emperor Taizu of Jin (金太祖)
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 154
Served for several years with Zongwang's army and contributed heavily to planning
Military · With Zongwang (宗望)
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 214

Assessments and attributes

Assessment Taizu praised his submission and policy analysis as fully agreeing with imperial intent · Assessor Person Id Emperor Taizu of Jin (金太祖) · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 162
Assessment Together with Liu Yanzong, governed civil affairs, promoted agriculture, and sustained the capital and military logistics · Mode commentator-judgment
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passages 198-200
Assessment Upright and outspoken even when it offended powerful men · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 151
Item graded funerary gifts of money, cloth, and silk 賻贈錢布繒帛 · Relation Posthumously bestowed
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 219

References in the histories

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History of Jin, Chapter 78Volume 78 Biographies 16: Liu Yanzong and His Sons E and Kuo; Kuo's Son Zhonghui; Liu Yi; Shi Liai; Han Qixian and His Son Duo · 12 passages

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劉頍時立愛韓企先子:鐸 Liu Yi; Shi Liai; Han Qixian and his son Duo

時立愛 Shi Liai

時立愛，字昌壽，涿州新城人。 Shi Liai, whose courtesy name was Changshou, came from Xincheng in Zhuozhou.

是時，奚王回離保在盧能嶺，立愛未敢即朝見，先使人來送款曰：「民情愚執，不即順從，願降寬恩，以慰反側。」 At that time the Xi king Huilibao was at Luneng Ridge. Liai did not dare present himself at court immediately, but first sent a messenger with his submission: "The people are stubborn and did not submit at once. Grant them leniency to calm their fears."

時立愛雖開諭而不肯信，乃上表：「乞下明詔，遣官分行郡邑，宣諭德義。 Though Liai explained this, they would not believe him, and he memorialized: "I beg a clear edict sending officials through the prefectures to proclaim the court's benevolence.

其後，以平州為南京，用張覺為留守，時立愛遂去平州。 Later Pingzhou was made the Southern Capital with Zhang Jue as resident commissioner, and Liai left Pingzhou.

立愛既去平州歸鄉里，太祖以燕、薊與宋，新城入于宋。 Liai returned home from Pingzhou; Taizu ceded Yan and Ji to Song, and Xincheng fell under Song control.

宋累詔立愛，立愛見宋政日壞，不肯起，戒其宗族不得求仕。 Song repeatedly summoned Liai, but he saw Song government growing worse daily and refused to serve, warning his clan not to seek office.

及宗望再取燕山，立愛詣幕府上謁，拜同中書門下平章事，任其子侄數人。 When Zongwang again took Yanshan, Liai went to headquarters to pay his respects, was made co-grand councillor, and several of his sons and nephews were appointed to office.

立愛從宗望軍數年，謀畫居多，封陳國公。 Liai followed Zongwang's army for several years and contributed much to planning, and was enfeoffed as Duke of Chen.

故自時立愛、劉彥宗及企先輩，官為宰相，其職大抵如此。 Thus from the generation of Liai, Liu Yanzong, and Qixian onward, though titled grand chancellors, their duties were largely of this kind.

是故劉彥宗、時立愛規為施設，不見於朝廷之上。 Thus Liu Yanzong and Shi Liai planned and carried out measures that did not appear at the central court.