Overview
Hou Xiyi was a Military Governor and Official.
Life and dates
Birth
- c. AD 720 建中二年…年六十二Derivation death in AD 781 at stated age sixty-two (sui reckoning)Derived from the source · New Book of Tang 144, passages 100-101
Death
- AD 781 建中二年Age Value: 62 · Reckoning: SuiDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 101
Age
- 62AD 781 建中二年 · Reckoning SuiDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 101
Attested activity
- AD 761 761 二年Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 65, passages 73, 80
- AD 762 侯希逸入青州Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 144, passage 71
- AD 777 to AD 779 大歷末Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 144, passage 99
- AD 755 to AD 756 天寶末Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 144, passage 86
- AD 762 寶應初Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 144, passage 94
- AD 781 建中二年Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passages 100-101
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- AD 762 從侯希逸入青州Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passage 2
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Kin of Li Zhengji (李正己)cousin via paternal aunt 表親 · paternal lineStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 213, passage 2
- Child of Mother of Hou Xiyi (侯希逸母)mother 母Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 2
- Parent of Son of Hou Xiyi (侯希逸之子)son 子Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 101
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Minister of Works 司空AD 781 建中二年 · Appointed but died before assumingDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passages 100-101
- Acting Minister of Works 檢校工部尚書AD 762 寶應初 · AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 94
- Military Governor 節度使AD 758 to AD 761 玄誌卒後 · AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 89
- Military Governor of Pinglu and Ziqing 平盧、淄青節度使AD 758 to AD 762 肅宗因以希逸為平盧、淄青節度使 · AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 92
- Acting Right Vice Director directing routine business 檢校尚書右僕射，知省事AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 98
- Qing-Mi military commissioner 青密節度使AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 65, passage 80
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- Grand Censor 御史大夫AD 758 to AD 761 玄誌卒後 · Held concurrentlyDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 89
- deputy commander of the prefecture 州裨將AD 755 to AD 756 天寶末 · HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 86
- Pinglu Army military commissioner 平盧軍節度使HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 65, passage 80
- substantive household fief 實戶AD 762 寶應初 · GrantedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 94
- portrait in Lingyan Pavilion 圖形淩煙閣AD 762 寶應初 · GrantedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 94
- Grand Guardian (posthumous) 太保AD 781 建中二年 · Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 101
- Prince of Huaiyang 淮陽郡王AD 777 to AD 779 大歷末 · EnfeoffedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 99
Places and affiliations
- Tang 唐Relation ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 2
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 65, passage 80
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passages 71, 86, 92
- At Yingzhou 營州Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 84
- AD 755 to AD 756 天寶末At Baoding City 保定城 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 86
- At Pinglu 平盧 · Relation LostDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 91
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- At Qingzhou 青州 · Relation HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 65, passage 80
Learning and skills
- Belief Buddhism 佛 · Relation Patron ofDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 96
Works and attributed material
- Testamentary instruction · Author · With Son of Hou Xiyi (侯希逸之子)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 101
Events and relationships
- Beheaded and displayedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 87
- Zi-Qing-Pinglu circuit formed from Zi-Yi merger 號淄青平盧節度AD 761 761 二年 · Administrative · Appointee · Circuit redesignatedDated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 65, passages 73, 80
- Entered QingzhouMilitary · Commander · At Qingzhou 青州Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 71
- Expelled by troopsPolitical · Expelled governorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 9
- Fought rebels with repeated successMilitary · CommanderDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 90
- Governed troops and promoted agricultureAdministrative · Governor · At Qing 青Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 95
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- Helped pacifyDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 94
- KilledDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 88
- Led troops to holdAD 761 761 二年 · Military · Commander · At Qingzhou 青州Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 65, passages 73, 80
- Shut out fled to HuazhouDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 97
- Withdrew 20000 across sea to QingzhouMilitary · Commander · At Qingzhou 青州Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 91
- Relation Patron of · Person Li Zhengji (李正己)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 2
- Relation Rival of · Person Li Zhengji (李正己)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 8
- Relation Co commander with · Person Wang Xuanzhi (王玄誌)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 88
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment later grew slack and dissolute, devoted to hunting and Buddhist patronage, burdening the people with shrines · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 96
- seven chi tall, full lower body and sharp upper featuresPhysical descriptionDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 85
Source notes
- Thereafter Ziqing commissions often prefixed the Pinglu titleDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 93
References in the histories
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