Xia Luqi (夏魯奇) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xia Luqi as a general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 16 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xia Luqi	夏魯奇	Xia Luqi
Courtesy	Bangjie	邦傑	Bangjie
Given	Luqi	魯奇	Luqi
Surname	Xia	夏	Xia
Personal	Xia Luqi	夏魯奇
Personal name	Xia Luqi	夏魯奇	Xià Lǔqí

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:037:s0116, jiuwudaishi:070:s0045
Sex: male
Explicit · xinwudaishi:032:s0051
Value: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:042:s0050

Roles

General
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died in royal service · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
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Manner: suicide by cutting throat
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Age

Age: 49 · Reckoning: sui
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 同光中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 923 · End: AD 926
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Source Date: Text: 四年 · Western Year: AD 926
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Source Date: Text: 天成元年 · Western Year: AD 926
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Source Date: Text: 天成初 · Western Year: AD 926
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Source Date: Text: 天祐九年 · Western Year: AD 912
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Source Date: Text: 彥章被擒 · Western Year: AD 923
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Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:042:s0050
Source Date: Text: 長興初 · Western Year: AD 930
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:070:s0071

Career and standing

Label: military governor of Heyang / 河陽節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年 · Western Year: AD 926
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Label: Chief Minister / 同平章事 · Action: appointed
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Label: commander of the imperial guard / 護衛指揮使 · Action: appointed
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Label: defender of Zhengzhou / 鄭州防禦使 · Action: appointed
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Label: deputy pacification commissioner / 副招討使 · Action: appointed
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Label: military governor of Suizhou / 遂州節度使 · Action: appointed
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Label: military governor of Xuzhou / 許州節度使 · Action: appointed
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Label: prefect of Cizhou / 磁州刺史 · Action: appointed
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Label: Suizhou military commissioner / 遂州節度使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
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Label: Xuzhou military commissioner / 許州節度使 · Action: transferred-to
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Label: Grand Preceptor / 太師 · Action: posthumously-granted
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Title: Duke of Qi / 齊國公 · Action: posthumously-granted
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Places and affiliations

Place: Qingzhou / 青州
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:070:s0045

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Other Person Id: Zhao Tingyin (趙廷隱)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:070:s0060

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: besieged-at · Place: Suizhou / 遂州 · Other Person Id: Dong Zhang (董璋)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:070:s0071
Kind: military · Role: captor · Action: captured · Other Person Id: Wang Yanzhang (王彥章) · Place: Zhongdu / 中都
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Kind: military · Role: bodyguard · Action: defended · Other Person Id: Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗)
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Kind: military · Role: combatant · Action: fought · Other Person Id: Shan Tinggui (單廷珪)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:070:s0047
Kind: military · Role: captor · Action: wounded-and-captured · Other Person Id: Wang Yanzhang (王彥章)
Explicit · xinwudaishi:032:s0051, xinwudaishi:032:s0052

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: loyal, skilled at governance, loved by the people · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:070:s0065, jiuwudaishi:070:s0066
Item: a thousand bolts of silk / 絹千匹 · Relation: bestowed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:070:s0057

Source notes

Historicity: historical
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References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 37Volume 37 Book of Later Tang 13: Mingzong Annals 3 · 1 passage

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庚午，河陽節度使夏魯奇移鎮許州，留後梁漢顒為邠州節度使。 On gengwu Xia Luqi of Heyang moved to Xu; deputy regent Liang Hanyuan became Bin military commissioner.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 1 passage

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甲寅，以遂州節度使夏魯奇沒於王事廢朝。 On jiayin Xia Luqi of Suizhou died on duty and court was suspended.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 70Volume 70 Book of Later Tang 46: Biographies 22: Yuan Xingqin, Xia Luqi, Yao Hong, Li Yan, Li Renju, Kang Sili, Zhang Jingda · 13 passages

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夏魯奇，字邦傑，青州人也。 Xia Luqi, courtesy name Bangjie, was a native of Qingzhou.

從周德威攻幽州，燕將有單廷珪、元行欽，時稱驍勇，魯奇與之鬥，兩不能解，將士皆釋兵縱觀。 Under Zhou Dewei he attacked Youzhou. The Yan generals Shan Tinggui and Yuan Xingqin were then renowned for valor. Luqi fought them to a standstill, and soldiers on both sides set down their weapons to watch.

幽州平，魯奇功居多。 When Youzhou fell, Luqi's contribution was the greatest of all.

魯奇與王門關、烏德兒等奮命決戰，自午至申，俄而李存審兵至方解。 Luqi, Wang Menguan, Wude'er, and others fought for their lives from noon until mid-afternoon. Li Cunshen's troops arrived soon afterward and the encirclement was broken.

魯奇持槍攜劍，獨衛莊宗，手殺百餘人。 Spear in one hand and sword in the other, Luqi alone shielded Zhuangzong and killed more than a hundred men himself.

烏德兒等被擒，魯奇傷痍遍體，自是莊宗尤憐之，曆磁州刺史。 Wude'er and the others were taken prisoner. Luqi was covered with wounds, and from then on Zhuangzong favored him all the more. He later served as prefect of Cizhou.

中都之戰，汴人大敗，魯奇見王彥章，識之，單馬追及，槍擬其頸； At the battle of Zhongdu the Bian army was routed. Luqi spotted Wang Yanzhang, recognized him, rode after him alone, and set a spear against his neck;

及彥章敗，庭隱為莊宗所獲，將以就戮，大將夏魯奇奏曰：「此矬也，其材可用。」 When Yanzhang was defeated, Tingyin was taken by Zhuangzong and was about to be executed. The great general Xia Luqi memorialized, "He is a short man, but his abilities are worth keeping."

魯奇性忠義，尤通吏道，撫民有術。 Luqi was loyal and upright by nature, especially skilled in governance, and knew how to win the people's trust.

明宗討荊南，魯奇為副招討使，頃之，移鎮遂州。 When Mingzong campaigned against Jingnan, Luqi served as deputy pacification commissioner. Soon afterward he was transferred to Suizhou as military governor.

〈（《九國誌·李仁罕傳》：夏魯奇稟朝廷之命，繕治甲兵，將圖蜀，孟知祥與董璋謀先取魯奇，令仁罕攻遂州。）〉 (From the Biography of Li Renhan in the Jiuguo Zhi: Xia Luqi obeyed the court's orders, repaired arms and armor, and prepared to move against Shu. Meng Zhixiang and Dong Zhang plotted to strike him first and ordered Renhan to attack Suizhou.)〉