Sui and Tang · Tang Governor and Transport Official

Li Jie 李傑

Attested AD 710 - AD 741

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Li Jie was a Tang Governor and Transport Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 710 to AD 711 大夫李傑新堤故事
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 20
AD 713 to AD 741 開元年間
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 53, passage 52

Key source chapters

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127 Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun 1 passage
New Book of Tang, Chapter 53 Volume 53 Treatises 43: Finance and Economics 3 1 passage

Career and standing

Censor-in-Chief 大夫
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 20

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 53, passage 52

Events and relationships

Built new embankment
Engineering · Builder
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 20
Repaired transport roads and built granaries along the route
Administrative · Official
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 53, passage 52

Assessments and attributes

Item new embankment 新堤 · Relation Built
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 20

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 20

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun · 1 passage

大夫李傑新堤故事，飾像河廟，凜然如生。 and Li Jie's later embankment, with life-like images set up at the River God shrine.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 53Volume 53 Treatises 43: Finance and Economics 3 · 1 passage

開元初，河南尹李傑為水陸運使，運米歲二百五十萬石，而八遞用車千八百乘。 Early in Kaiyuan, Henan governor Li Jie as transport commissioner moved 2.5 million shi a year; the eight relays alone required 1,800 carts.