Li Mian (李勉) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Mian was an official and Imperial Clansman.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Xuanqing	玄卿	Xuanqing

AD 786 貞元二年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 150, passage 149
AD 760 to AD 805 father-generation of Daogu (元和十三年 = AD 818); historian's commendation
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 206-207, 209
AD 776 十一年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 44
AD 775 十年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 41
AD 769 四年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 34
AD 783 四年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 52

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AD 767 大歷二年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 28
AD 782 建中三年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 150, passage 19
AD 780 建中元年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 51
AD 784 to AD 785 復江南使回
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 147-148, 151
AD 787 to AD 789 時李勉、盧翰皆退罷居第
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 244
AD 783 永平節度
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 141, passage 188
AD 756 to AD 758 至德初
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 6
AD 788 貞元四年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 63

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Li Yuanyi (元懿)
great-grandson 曾孫 · paternal line · 3 generations
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 1
Child of Li Zeyan (擇言)
father 父
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 2

acting left vice director and supreme commander 檢校左僕射充都統
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 51
Bian-Song military governor 汴宋節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 44, 49
chief councilor 平章事
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 50
Grand Protector of the Heir Apparent 太子太保
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 62
investigating censor 監察御史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 6
marshal of Kaifeng 開封尉
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 4

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metropolitan governor of Jingzhao 京兆尹
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 23, 28
minister of works 工部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 41
observation commissioner of Jiangxi 江西觀察使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 24
prefect of Guangzhou and Lingnan military governor 廣州刺史兼嶺南節度觀察使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 34
vice governor of Henan 河南少尹
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 14
Chief Minister 宰相
AD 784 to AD 785 復江南使回 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 147
overseer of the Bureau of Punishments 判刑部
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 149
posthumous Grand Tutor 太傅
Granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 63
Entered
Retired
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 244
imperial clansman 宗臣
Imperial clansman · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 206, 209

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 147, 244; Old Book of Tang 135, passage 1; New Book of Tang 150, passage 149
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 206
At Lingwu 靈武 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 6
At private residence 第 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 244

Skill poetry 詩 · Level practiced
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 65
Skill civil governance 臨民蒞事 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 206
Skill zither 琴 · Level skilled
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 65

Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 11-12
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Lu Han (盧翰) · Units s0244
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 244
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 17, 26, 31-32, 53, 60

Abandoned city
Military · Defender · At Bianzhou 汴州 · With Li Xilie (李希烈)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 52-54
Defeated
Military · Commander · With Li Lingyao (李靈曜)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 46-47
Pacified rebels
Military · Commander · With Chen Zhuang (陳莊) · At Jiangxi 江西
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 25
Relation Subordinate of · Person Wang Sili (王思禮)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 15
Relation Subordinate of · Person Li Guozhen (李國貞)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 15

Assessment among the finest of the imperial house; talents differed from Gao but moral way not far apart · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 209
Assessment compared with Liu of Yicheng, we are all people bound by convention · Target Person Id Liu Hun (柳渾) · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Li Mian (李勉)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 244
Mian fell far short of Gao in military affairs 勉不及皋遠矣
Assessment far inferior to Li Gao in military command and campaign success · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 207
Assessment model among imperial clansmen · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 64
Assessment upright and incorruptible · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 64
finest of the imperial clan 宗臣之英
Assessment upright, dignified, incorruptible; earned praise in governance; finest of the imperial clan · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 206