Sui and Tang · Envoy

Xu Di 徐迪

Attested AD 833

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xu Di was an envoy.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 833 太和七年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 78-79

Career and standing

memorial envoy 進奏官
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 79

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 79

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 79-81

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 180Volume 176 Biographies 126: Li Zongmin, Yang Sifu, Yang Yuqing, Ma Zhi, Li Rangyi, Weipi, Zhou Chi, Cui Guicong, Zhengsu, Lu Shang · 1 passage

詔下，進奏官徐迪詣中書白宰相曰：「軍中不識朝廷體位，只知自尚書改僕射為遷，何知工部轉吏部為美？ When the edict was issued, the memorial envoy Xu Di went to the Secretariat and told the chancellors, "The soldiers do not understand court ranks. They know that going from minister to vice director counts as promotion — how would they see a move from Minister of Works to Minister of Personnel as an honor?