Hou Zhi (侯摯) | 24 Histories

Overview

Hou Zhi was an official.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1232 平章政事侯摯致仕
Directly stated · History of Jin 18, passage 21
AD 1216 貞祐四年
Directly stated · History of Jin 50, passage 103

Key source chapters

History of Jin, Chapter 18 Volume 18 Annals 18: Aizong 2 1 passage
History of Jin, Chapter 50 Volume 50 Treatises 31: Finance and Economics 5: Monopoly Markets, State Purchase of Grain, Rice Fields, Agricultural Land Administration, Buying of Titles or Pardons With Grain and Selling of Ordination Certificates 1 passage

Career and standing

Hebei Branch Secretariat 河北行省
AD 1216 貞祐四年 · Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 50, passage 103
chief councillor 平章政事
Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 18, passage 21
Entered
Retired
Directly stated · History of Jin 18, passage 21

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Jin 18, passage 21
AD 1216 貞祐四年
At Hebei 河北 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Jin 50, passage 103

Works and attributed material

AD 1216 貞祐四年
Memorial · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Jin 50, passages 103-106

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 18Volume 18 Annals 18: Aizong 2 · 1 passage

Open chapter

平章政事侯摯致仕。 Chief councillor Hou Zhi retired from office.

History of Jin, Chapter 50Volume 50 Treatises 31: Finance and Economics 5: Monopoly Markets, State Purchase of Grain, Rice Fields, Agricultural Land Administration, Buying of Titles or Pardons With Grain and Selling of Ordination Certificates · 1 passage

Open chapter

四年，河北行省侯摯言：「河北人相食，觀、滄等州斗米銀十餘兩。 In the fourth year Hebei Branch Secretariat Hou Zhi reported, "People in Hebei are eating one another, and in Guan, Cang, and other prefectures a dou of rice costs more than ten liang of silver.