Esen Sijia (頡於思迦)

Overview

Esen Sijia was a statesman.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Attested activity

AD 780 建中元年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 131, passages 48, 76

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 131Volume 127 Biographies 77: Yao Lingyan, Zhang Guangcheng, Yuan Xiu, Qiao Lin, Zhang She, Jiang Zhen, Hong Jinglun, Peng Yan · 1 passage

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其宰相頡於思迦坐大帳，立休等於帳外雪中，詰殺突董等故。 His chief minister Esen Sijia sat in a great tent and made Xiu and the others stand in the snow outside the tent, questioning them on the reason for killing Tumidu and the rest.