Five Dynasties · Censor-in-chief; Northern Court Privy Commissioner

Xiao Husi 蕭護思

Xiāo Hùsī

Attested AD 951 - AD 962

Passages
7
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Husi as an administrator, official, and statesman. This record brings together 7 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xiao Husi 蕭護思 Xiāo Hùsī
Personal name Censor-in-chief Xiao Husi 御史大夫蕭護思
Given name Husi 護思
Surname Xiao 蕭
Personal name Xiao Husi 蕭護思 Xiāo Hùsī
Personal name Xiao Husi 蕭護思
Courtesy name Yanning 延寧

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 應歷初 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 951
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:078:s0013
  • Source Date: Text: 應曆12年 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 12 · Western Year: AD 962
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:006:s0165

Career and standing

  • Label: Northern Court clerk (hereditary family) / 北院吏
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0012
  • Label: Northern Court Privy Commissioner / 北院樞密使 · Action: appointed · Date: Source Date: Text: 應曆12年二月己丑朔 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 12 · Western Year: AD 962
    Explicit · liaoshi:006:s0165
  • Label: Left Commissioner of the Guest Service / 左客省使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 應歷初 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 951
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0013
  • Label: Censor-in-Chief / 御史大夫 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0014
  • Label: Northern Privy Commissioner / 北院樞密使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0015
  • Label: Censor-in-chief / 御史大夫 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:006:s0165
  • Label: oversaw Group Herds Directorate registers / 總典群牧部籍 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0012
  • Label: Vice Censor-in-Chief / 御史中丞 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0012

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Text: 臣子孫賢否未知，得一客省使足矣。
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0016

Events and relationships

  • Kind: judicial · Role: investigator · Action: thoroughly-investigated-imprisoned-princes
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0015

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: clung to salary and sought favor; contemptible · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0070
  • Assessment: held key post but only self-protected; never remonstrated; critics despised him · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0018
  • Item: paired robes, saddle, and horse / 對衣、鞍馬 · Relation: bestowed · Date: Source Date: Text: 應曆12年 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 12 · Western Year: AD 962
    Explicit · liaoshi:006:s0165

Source notes

  • Statement: Declined hereditary chancellor selection, saying one Guest Service commissioner for descendants suffices because their worth is unknown
    Explicit · liaoshi:078:s0016

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 6Volume 6 Annals 6: Muzong 1 · 1 passage
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History of Liao, Chapter 78Volume 78 Biographies 8: Yelu Yilage, Xiao Haili, Xiao Husi, Xiao Siwen, Xiao Jixian · 6 passages
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