Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Statesman

Song Qi 宋琪

Attested AD 983 - AD 994

Passages: 8
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Song Qi was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 983 八年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 256, passages 75, 77-78
AD 990 to AD 994 淳化中
Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 233
AD 984 to AD 987 雍熙中
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 268, passages 13, 15, 21

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Wife of Song Qi (宋琪妻)
wife 妻
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 18

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Grand Councilor 宰相
AD 984 to AD 987 坐琪以詼諧罷相 · Dismissed · Reason flippant wit as stated pretext
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 21
Minister of Personnel 吏部尚書
AD 990 to AD 994 淳化中 · Held
Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 233
Grand Councilor 宰相
AD 984 to AD 987 雍熙中 · Held
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 15

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 256, passage 77
Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 233; History of Song 268, passage 15

Works and attributed material

Praised Yanfan as loyal
AD 984 to AD 987 雍熙中 · Speech · Speaker · With Wang Yanfan (王延範) · Paraphrased
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 18
AD 983 八年
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Taizong (太宗) · Direct quotation
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 256, passages 77-78
AD 990 to AD 994 淳化中
Court opinion · Speaker · With Anyi (安易) · Summary Liu Bei changed coinage for scarcity; Anyi's plan addresses surplus and is no lasting solution · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Song Qi (宋琪)
Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 233

Events and relationships

Replied on ruler minister bond
AD 983 八年 · Speech · Speaker
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 256, passages 77-78
Relation Minister of · Person Taizong (太宗)
Directly stated · History of Song 256, passages 75, 77

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 77; History of Song 268, passage 15
Value historical
Directly stated · History of Song 256, passage 233

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

History of Song, Chapter 256Volume 256 Biographies 15: Zhao Pudi and Younger Brother: Anyi · 3 passages

翌日，謂宰相曰：「普有功國家，朕昔與遊，今齒髮衰矣，不容煩以樞務，擇善地處之，因詩什以導意。 The next day he told the chancellor, "Pu has merited the state; I once kept his company, and now he is old; I cannot burden him with central affairs, so I found him a good post and used a poem to express my meaning.

宋琪對曰：「昨日普至中書，執御詩涕泣，謂臣曰：『此生餘年，無階上答，庶希來世得效太馬力。』 Song Qi replied, "Yesterday Pu came to the Secretariat, clutching the imperial poem in tears, and told me, 'In what years remain I cannot repay Your Majesty in this life; I can only hope in the next to serve with the loyalty of dog and horse.

下都省集議，吏部尚書宋琪等言：「劉備時蓋患錢少，因而改作，今安易之請反患錢多，非經久計也。」 The proposal went to the Imperial Secretariat for debate. Minister of Personnel Song Qi and others argued: "Under Liu Bei the problem was too little coin—that is why the system was changed. Anyi's proposal would address too much coin. It is no lasting solution."

History of Song, Chapter 268Volume 268 Biographies 27: Chai Yuxi, Zhang Xun, Yang Shouyi, Zhao Rong, Zhou Ying, Wang Ji Ying, Wang Xian · 5 passages

又與宰相宋琪厚善。 He was also on intimate terms with Grand Councilor Song Qi.

上因訪琪及禹錫曰：「延範何如人？」 The emperor thereupon questioned Qi and Yuxi: "What manner of man is Yanfan?"

延範與琪妻為疏屬，甚言其忠勤，禹錫亦傍讚之。 Yanfan was a distant kinsman of Qi's wife; Qi spoke at length of his loyalty and diligence, and Yuxi chimed in from the side.

禹錫又為琪請盧多遜故第，上益惡其朋比。 Yuxi also asked on Qi's behalf for Lu Duoxun's former mansion, and the emperor detested their cliquishness all the more.

坐琪以詼諧罷相，不欲顯言之也。 Qi was removed from the chancellorship on grounds of flippant wit, but the emperor did not care to say so openly.