Zhang Xi (張錫) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhang Xi was an official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 695 證聖元年
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 211

Career and standing

Exiled
Exile · At Lingnan 嶺南 · Authority Empress Wu (武后)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 213
Imprisoned
AD 695 證聖元年 · Imprisonment · At Ministry of Justice prison 司刑獄
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 211

Places and affiliations

At Lingnan 嶺南 · Relation Exiled to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 213

Assessments and attributes

Assessment remained composed in custody · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 212

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 39: Cui Rong and Descendent Cong, Descendent Neng, Neng's Nephew: Shen You, Neng's Nephew an Qian, Neng's Son: Yan Ceng, Xu Yanbo, Su Weidao, Dou Lu Qin Wang · 3 passages

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證聖元年，與張錫俱坐法系司刑獄。 In the first year of Zhengsheng he and Zhang Xi were both imprisoned under the Ministry of Justice on legal charges.

錫雖下吏，氣象自如，味道獨席地飯蔬，為危惴可憐者。 Though Xi remained composed even in custody, Weidao alone sat on the bare ground eating vegetables, a pitiable figure of constant dread.

武后聞，放錫嶺南，才降味道集州刺史。 When Empress Wu heard of this, she exiled Xi to Lingnan and merely demoted Weidao to prefect of Jizhou.