Song Xiang (宋庠) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Song Xiang as an official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Song Xiang	宋庠	Song Xiang
Given name	Jiao	郊	Jiao
Surname	Song	宋	Sòng
Alternate name	Song Jiao	宋郊	Song Jiao
Personal name	Song Xiang	宋庠	Song Xiang
Personal	Song Xiang	宋庠	Sòng Xiáng
Title	Vice Grand Councilor	參知政事
Given	Xiang	庠	Xiáng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:353:s0071, songshi:144:s0057
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · songshi:107:s0017

Roles

Official
Scholar
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 嘉祐四年十月 · Western Year: AD 1059
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:107:s0017
Source Date: Text: 康定元年 · Western Year: AD 1040
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:144:s0057
Source Date: Text: 郊 · Western Interval: Start: AD 996 · End: AD 1066
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:353:s0071

Family

Sibling of Song Qi (宋祁)
Kinship Term: brothers / 兄弟 · Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

Label: Master of Insignia / 儀仗使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · songshi:107:s0017
Label: Vice Grand Councilor / 參知政事 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康定元年 · Western Year: AD 1040
Explicit · songshi:144:s0057
Label: Privy Council Commissioner / 樞密使 · Action: held
Explicit · songshi:107:s0017

Places and affiliations

Polity: Song / 宋 · Relation: served
Explicit · songshi:144:s0057

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Song Xiang (宋庠)
Explicit · songshi:144:s0057, songshi:144:s0058, songshi:144:s0059, songshi:144:s0060, songshi:144:s0061, songshi:144:s0062, songshi:144:s0063, songshi:144:s0064, songshi:144:s0065, songshi:144:s0066, songshi:144:s0067, songshi:144:s0068, songshi:144:s0069, songshi:144:s0070, songshi:144:s0071, songshi:144:s0072

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: advisor · Action: memorialized-escort-reform · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康定元年 · Western Year: AD 1040
Explicit · songshi:144:s0057, songshi:144:s0072

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 353Volume 353 Biographies 140: Da Chun | Son: Sa Bin Tu, Tie Bao Younger Brother: Yu Bao, He Ying, Jue Luo Gui Fang · 1 passage

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高宗親試八旗翰詹，與兄鐵保並被擢，時比以郊、祁，軾、轍。 Emperor Qianlong personally examined the Banner Hanlin and Heir Apparent's household; he and his elder brother Tie Bao were both advanced, and contemporaries likened them to two earlier pairs of brothers: Song Jiao and Song Qi, and Su Shi and Su Zhe.

History of Song, Chapter 107Volume 107 Treatises 60: Rites 10 · 1 passage

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嘉祐四年十月，仁宗親詣太廟行祫享禮，以宰臣富弼為祫享大禮使，韓琦為禮儀使，樞密使宋庠為儀仗使，參知政事曾公亮為橋道頓遞使，樞密副使程戡為鹵簿使。 In the tenth month of the fourth year of Jiayou, Emperor Renzong went in person to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to perform the xiá merging sacrifice. Chief Councilor Fu Bi served as Grandee of the Xiá Rite; Han Qi as Master of Ceremonies; Privy Council Commissioner Song Xiang as Master of Insignia; Vice Grand Councilor Zeng Gongliang as Master of Bridge Roads and Relay Arrangements; and Vice Privy Council Commissioner Cheng Kan as Master of the Imperial Guard.

History of Song, Chapter 144Volume 144 Treatises 97: Ceremonial Guards 2 · 1 passage

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仁宗康定元年，參知政事宋庠言：“車駕行幸，非郊廟大禮具陳鹵薄外，其常日導從，惟前有駕頭，後擁傘扇而已，殊無禮典所載公卿奉引之盛。 In the first year of Kangding, Vice Grand Councilor Song Xiang said: "On imperial tours, apart from suburban and temple rites when the full guard of honor is deployed, the everyday escort amounts to a carriage leader ahead and umbrellas and fans behind—nothing like the grand procession of dukes and ministers leading the way described in the ritual canon.