Xiang 襄

Other names

Family

• Child of Mother of Xiang (襄母)
  inner mourning (mother) 內艱 · maternal line
  Strongly inferred · History of Jin 94, passage 170

Career and standing

• Commissioner of Military Affairs 樞密使
  AD 1197 to AD 1198 北部複叛 · Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passages 173, 193
• Left Deputy Commander-in-Chief 左副元帥
  AD 1197 to AD 1198 北部複叛 · Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 173
• Left Chancellor 左丞相
  AD 1198 to AD 1199 複拜左丞相 · Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passages 192, 194
• Grand Councilor 平章政事
  AD 1197 to AD 1198 北部複叛 · Held concurrently
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 173
• Minister of Works 司空
  AD 1199 四年正月 · Promoted
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 196
• meng'an of Suanshu Hai, Hejian Prefecture Circuit 河間府路算術海猛安
  AD 1201 泰和元年春 · Reassigned
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 217

Places and affiliations

• Polity Jin 金 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passages 163, 173
• AD 1201 泰和元年春
  At Hejian Prefecture Circuit 河間府路 · Relation Enfeoffed at
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 217
• AD 1197 to AD 1198 北部複叛
  At Beijing 北京 · Relation Encamped at
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 173
• AD 1202 明年，皇子生
  At postal station at Zhitian 芝田之府店 · Relation Died at
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 219
• AD 1198 to AD 1199 時議北討
  At Gan Yila Lie and Wumansao mountains 沔移剌烈、烏滿掃等山 · Relation Encamped at
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 181
• AD 1198 to AD 1199 時議北討
  At Linhuang 臨潢 · Relation Returned to
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 190

Works and attributed material

• stele inscription 碑
  AD 1202 明年，皇子生 · Relation Subject of · With Zhang Xingjian (張行簡)
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 222
• Khitan slave redemption
  AD 1197 to AD 1198 時議以契丹戶之驅奴尚眾 · Memorial · Author · Addressed to the emperor (上)
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 172
• Northern campaign plan
  AD 1198 to AD 1199 時議北討 · Memorial · Author · Addressed to the emperor (上)
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 177
• Opposed sinecures and curbed judicial inspection
  Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · Addressed to the emperor (上)
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passages 204-211
• Ten frontier proposals
  Memorial · Author · Addressed to the emperor (上)
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 192
• AD 1198 to AD 1199 時議北討
  Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressed to the emperor (上)
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 184

Events and relationships

• Accepted tribal surrenders
  AD 1198 to AD 1199 時議北討 · Diplomatic · Commander
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 188
• Advised accepting xiechu surrender
  AD 1198 to AD 1199 時議北討 · Diplomatic · Adviser · At Fuzhou 撫州
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 179
• Authorized to pursue
  AD 1198 to AD 1199 時議北討 · Military · Commander
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 180
• Built trenches and barriers
  AD 1198 to AD 1199 時議北討 · Military · Commander · At Linhuang to Beijing Circuit 臨潢左界北京路
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passages 182, 186
• Deferred to other chancellors on clerk reports
  Administrative · Chancellor
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passages 198-201
• Entered audience
  AD 1196 方德壽之叛 · Court · Audience
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 169

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment grave, taciturn, calm, and law-abiding · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 197
• Assessment truly had the temperament of a chancellor · Mode unnamed-witness
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 202
• AD 1196 方德壽之叛
  Item fifty million in cash 錢五千萬 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 169
• AD 1198 to AD 1199 時議北討
  Item inner-treasury goods 內庫物 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 178
• AD 1198 to AD 1199 時議北討
  Item precious sword 寶劍 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 180

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passages 163, 219