Overview
Xu Jingzong was an official and Courtier.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 636 貞觀十年Directly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 24
- AD 663 龍朔三年Directly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 25
- AD 634 貞觀八年Directly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 23
- c. AD 650 to AD 658 唐初Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 20, passage 3
- AD 629 貞觀三年Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 86, passages 6-7
- AD 656 to AD 661 高宗又詔…是為顯慶禮Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 11, passages 18-19
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- AD 650 to AD 683 高宗朝Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 51, passage 91
Key source chapters
- Book of Sui, Chapter 86 Volume 86: the Second Year of the Tian Sheng Reign Publication Mark 3 passages
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 11 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Rites and Music 1 2 passages
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 20 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites and Music 10 1 passage
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 51 Volume 51 Treatises 47: Finance and Economics 1 1 passage
Career and standing
- Academician 著作郎AD 634 貞觀八年 · AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 23
- Junior Tutor to the Heir Apparent 太子少師AD 663 龍朔三年 · AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 25
- Administrator of Hongzhou 洪州司馬AD 636 貞觀十年 · DemotedDirectly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 24
- Academician 著作郎AD 629 貞觀三年 · HeldDirectly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 7
- Guest of the Heir Apparent 太子賓客HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 18
- Palace Attendant 侍中HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 51, passage 91
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- Secretariat Attendant 中書舍人AD 634 貞觀八年 · PromotedDirectly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 23
- EnjoyedImperial favorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 19
- DemotedAD 636 貞觀十年 · DemotionDirectly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 24
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Sui 86, passage 7
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
- AD 636 貞觀十年At Hongzhou 洪州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 24
Works and attributed material
- Book of Sui annals and biographies 隋書紀傳Relation Attributed author · Mode textual-variantUncertain · Book of Sui 86, passage 22
- Xianqing Ritual 顯慶禮Relation CompilerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passages 18-19
- 凶事非臣子所宜言Opinion · Speaker · Mode named-source-reportDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 20, passage 3
Events and relationships
- Assigned to writeScholarly · Compiler · Object Sui history 隋史Directly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 7
- Xianqing Ritual compilation 增修顯慶禮Ritual compilation · Compiler · Bent to imperial intentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 19
- Came to powerPolitical · MinisterDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 51, passage 91
- CompiledAD 634 貞觀八年 · Scholarly · Compiler · Object dynastic history 國史Directly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 23
- Removed national mourning chapterDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 20, passage 3
- Relation Colleague of · Person Yan Shigu (顏師古)Directly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 7
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- Relation Colleague of · Person Kong Yingda (孔穎達)Directly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 7
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment curried imperial favor in ritual compilation · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 19
Source notes
- Some copies credit Junior Tutor to the Heir Apparent Xu Jingzong as compiler of the annals and biographies; dates and offices differ from the present record and are suspected later interpolationField authorship-credit · Witness present record vs. some copiesDirectly stated · Book of Sui 86, passages 22, 26
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 20, passage 3; New Book of Tang 51, passage 91
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