Zhao Xu (趙需) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhao Xu was an official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 785 貞元元年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 119-120
AD 779 to AD 805 德宗納之
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 161, passage 46
AD 785 to AD 805 貞元
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 161, passage 130
AD 785 貞元元年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 137, 147

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Supplementation Censor 遺補
AD 785 貞元元年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 119
supplementation censor 遺補
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 147

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 119; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 147

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Paraphrased · With Lu Qi (盧杞)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 119-120
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 147-148

Events and relationships

Memorialized against Lu Qi appointment
Political · Remonstrant · With Lu Qi (盧杞)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 147-148
Submitted memorials supporting Yuan Gao against Lu Qi's Raozhou appointment
AD 785 貞元元年 · Political · Remonstrator · With Lu Qi (盧杞)
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 119-120

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 119

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 153Volume 149 Biographies 99: Yu Xiulie, Ling Huhuan, Gui Chongjing, Xi Zhi, Zhang Jian, Jiang Yi, Liu Deng, Shen Chuanshi · 1 passage

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遺補陳京、趙需、裴佶、宇文炫、盧景亮、張薦等上疏論奏。 Supplementation censors Chen Jing, Zhao Xu, Pei Ji, Yuwen Xuan, Lu Jingliang, Zhang Jian, and others submitted memorials in support.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 157Volume 153 Biographies 103: Yao Nanzhong, Liu Nai, Yuan Gao, Duan Pingzhong, Xue Cuncheng, Lu Tan · 1 passage

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遺補陳京、趙需、裴佶、宇文炫、盧景亮、張薦等上疏論奏。 Supplementation censors Chen Jing, Zhao Xu, Pei Ji, Yuwen Xuan, Lu Jingliang, Zhang Jian, and others submitted memorials in support.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 161Volume 161 Biographies 86: Zhang, Zhao, Li, Zheng, Xu, Wang, Feng, Yu · 2 passages

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詔復用杞為刺史，薦與陳京、趙需等論杞奸惡傾覆不當用，入對挺確，德宗納之。 An edict was issued to reinstate Qi as prefect; Jian, together with Chen Jing, Zhao Xu, and others, argued that Qi's wickedness and his overturning of the realm made him unfit for appointment; appearing before the throne he spoke firmly, and Dezong accepted their view.

帝以誕日歲歲詔佛老者大論麟德殿，並召岱及趙需、許孟容、韋渠牟講說。 Each year on his birthday the emperor ordered great debates between Buddhists and Daoists in Linde Hall, and summoned Dai together with Zhao Xu, Xu Mengrong, and Wei Qumou to expound.