Sui and Tang · Official

Xue Jingxian 薛景先

Attested AD 757 - AD 765

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xue Jingxian was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 757 to AD 765 薛景先鳳翔掌書記
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 149

Places and affiliations

At Fengxiang 鳳翔 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 149

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun · 1 passage

宏少舉進士，授右司禦胄曹，後為薛景先鳳翔掌書記，又為高適劍南觀察判官，累拜大理司直，攝監察御史。 Ban Hong passed the jinshi examination in his youth and began as an armoury clerk in the Right Guard. He later served as staff secretary for Xue Jingxian in Fengxiang and as judicial aide to Gao Shi in Jiannan, eventually rising to investigating judge in the Court of Judicial Review while acting as an investigating censor.