Xidu (希度) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xidu was an Adopted Son of Liu Jishu.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 887 光啟三年十一月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 202

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Liu Jishu (劉季述)
adopted son 養子 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 202

Career and standing

binding/detention 縶
AD 887 光啟三年十一月 · Suffered · Authority Founder (太祖)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 208

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 202

Events and relationships

Offered Tang realm
AD 887 光啟三年十一月 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Founder (太祖)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 202
Relation Partisan of · Person Liu Jishu (劉季述)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 202

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 18Volume 18 Book of Later Liang 18: Biographies 8: Zhang Wenyu, Xue Yiju, Zhang Ce, Du Xiao, Jing Xiang, Li Zhen · 2 passages

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振東歸，太祖方在邢、洺，遽還於汴，大計未決，季述遣養子希度以唐之社稷欲輸於太祖，又遣供奉官李奉本、副介支彥勳詐齎上皇誥諭至，皆季述黨也。 Zhen returned east while the Founder was at Xing and Ming and hurried back to Bian before policy was fixed; Liu Jishu sent his adopted son Xidu to hand Tang's realm to him, and Palace Attendant Li Fengben and Vice Messenger Zhi Yanxun with forged retired-emperor edicts—all Jishu's men.

乃定策縶偽使李奉本、支彥勳與希度等，即日請振將命於京師，與宰相謀返正。 He bound the false envoys Li Fengben, Zhi Yanxun, and Xidu, and that day sent Zhen to the capital to work with the chancellors on restoring the throne.