Zhangsun Chi 長孫熾

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Zhi (稚)
  great-grandson 曾孫 · paternal line · 3 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 34
• Child of Si (兕)
  father 父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 36
• Kin of Changsun Lan (長孫覽)
  nephew 從子
  Zhangsun clan 長孫氏
  Sources vary in certainty · Book of Sui 51, passages 34, 251, 254
• Parent of Zhangsun Anshi (長孫安世)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 64
• Sibling of Zhangsun Sheng (長孫晟)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 65
• Kin of Zhangsun Sheng (長孫晟)
  Zhangsun clan 長孫氏
  Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 51, passages 251, 254-255

Origins and identity

• Zhangsun clan 長孫氏
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 251

Career and standing

• scholar of the Hall of the Way 通道館學士
  AD 572 to AD 573 建德初 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 51, passages 38-39
• Grand Commander 大都督
  AD 580 to AD 581 高祖作相 · Added
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 51, passage 43
• acting Right Vice Director of the crown prince's household 東宮右庶子
  Appointed acting
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 48
• acting commander of the Left Houwei Guard 攝左候衛將軍
  AD 610 六年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 61
• commissioner on the Southwest Circuit 西南道大使
  AD 605 大業元年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 58
• magistrate of Cangcheng in Yong Prefecture 雍州倉城令
  AD 573 建德二年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 51, passage 40

Places and affiliations

• Polity Northern Zhou 周 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 38, 40
• Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 47, 51, 58, 61
• Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 51, passage 254
• AD 610 六年
  At Eastern Capital 東都 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 61
• At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 51
• At Henan Circuit 河南道 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 57

Learning and skills

• Skill martial arts 武藝 · Level accomplished
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 37
• Skill classics, histories, and debate 經史談論 · Level selected
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 38-39

Events and relationships

• Campaigned against
  AD 580 其年王謙反 · Military · Vanguard · With Wang Qian (王謙)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 51, passages 45-46
• Commanded armies
  Military · Commander
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 254
• Governed with mild fairness
  Administrative · Magistrate · With Liang Pi (梁毗)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 53
• Inspected local customs on the Southwest Circuit
  AD 605 大業元年 · Administrative · Commissioner
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 58
• Inspected prefectures while bearing credentials
  Diplomatic · Touring commissioner
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 57
• Inspected and reorganized
  Administrative · Commissioner · At thirty-six prefectures of the Southeast Circuit 東南道三十六州
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 50

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment clever, handsome, well-read, skilled in martial arts · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 37
• Assessment early called bright and outstanding · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 254
• Assessment exemplary in office together with Liang Pi · With Liang Pi (梁毗) · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 52
• Assessment known for mild fairness in governance · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 53
• Assessment meticulous in handling affairs; often praised by Gaozu · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 49

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 34, 51