Overview
Xiang was a general and Statesman.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 1189 to AD 1208 章宗朝Strongly inferred · History of Jin 94, passages 223-225, 227
Career and standing
- central government posts 政府Held · Duration twenty yearsDirectly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 227
- collateral sacrifice in Zhangzong's temple 配享章宗廟廷AD 1209 to AD 1211 大安間 · GrantedDated from the passage context · History of Jin 94, passage 228
Places and affiliations
- Polity Jin 金 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Jin 94, passages 223, 227
- At Linhuang 臨潢 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 224
Events and relationships
- Emperor returned the forged letter to Xiang, showing trustDirectly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 225
- Granted collateral sacrifice in Zhangzong's ancestral templeDated from the passage context · History of Jin 94, passage 228
- Someone sent a forged letter to Tudan Yi hoping to frame XiangDirectly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 224
- The forger was capturedLegal · SubjectDirectly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 226
- Relation Favored by · Person Zhangzong (章宗)Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 223
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment quick, perceptive, and of martial talent surpassing others · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 223
- Assessment versed in precedent, concise, grave, decisive, broad-minded; treated clerks courteously and used men according to their strengths; accounted a renowned general and minister of the age · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 227
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 223
References in the histories
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