Overview
Li Xian was an official and Grand Secretary.
Life and dates
Death
- AD 1466 成化二年十二月甲寅Died in officeDirectly stated · History of Ming 13, passage 71
Attested activity
- AD 1457 天順元年二月癸卯Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 1, 18
- AD 1457 天順元年六月己亥Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 1, 40
- AD 1457 天順元年六月庚子Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 1, 42
- AD 1457 天順元年六月甲辰Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 1, 46
- AD 1457 天順元年秋七月庚午Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 1, 52
- AD 1457 天順初Directly stated · History of Ming 284, passage 93
Show 2 more source-backed claims
- AD 1466 成化二年三月己酉Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 13, passage 57
- AD 1466 成化二年十二月甲寅Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 13, passage 71
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Father of Li Xian (李賢父)father 父 · AD 1466 成化二年三月己酉Directly stated · History of Ming 13, passage 57
- Kin of Hongxu (弘緒)Directly stated · History of Ming 284, passage 100
- Parent of Wife of Hongxu (弘緒之妻)father-in-law 婦翁Strongly inferred · History of Ming 284, passage 100
Key source chapters
- History of Ming, Chapter 12 Volume 12 Annals 12: Yingzong Later Records 5 passages
- History of Ming, Chapter 13 Volume 13 Annals 13: Xianzong 1 2 passages
- History of Ming, Chapter 284 Volume 284 Biographies 172: Confucian Scholars 3 2 passages
- History of Ming, Chapter 14 Volume 14 Annals 14: Xianzong 2 1 passage
Career and standing
- Hanlin Academician 翰林學士AD 1457 天順元年二月癸卯 · Appointed concurrentlyDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 18
- Grand Secretariat, participant in confidential affairs 入閣預機務AD 1457 天順元年二月癸卯 · EnteredDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 18
- Vice Minister of Personnel 吏部侍郎AD 1457 天順元年二月癸卯 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 18
- Grand Secretary 大學士AD 1457 天順初 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Ming 284, passage 93
- Grand Secretariat 入閣AD 1457 天順元年秋七月庚午 · ReenteredDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 52
- Vice Minister of Personnel 吏部侍郎AD 1457 天順元年六月甲辰 · Restored toDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 46
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- EnteredAD 1466 成化二年夏五月癸酉 · Forced return from mourning · Source Term 起復Directly stated · History of Ming 13, passage 61
- SufferedAD 1457 天順元年六月己亥 · Legal Action imprisonment in the Brocade Guard prison 下錦衣衛獄Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 40
- SufferedAD 1457 天順元年六月庚子 · Legal Action demotion to a post outside the capital 謫外任Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 42
Places and affiliations
- Polity Ming 明 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · History of Ming 12, passages 18, 40, 42
- Polity Ming 明 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Ming 13, passage 57; History of Ming 284, passage 93
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · With Yingzong (英宗) · Extent Unit Ids s0093Directly stated · History of Ming 284, passage 93
Events and relationships
- Asked leave for full mourning and was refusedAD 1466 成化二年三月己酉 · Personal · MournerDirectly stated · History of Ming 13, passage 57
- Relieved famineRelief · EnvoyDirectly stated · History of Ming 14, passage 146
- Relation Recommender of · Person Sima Xun (司馬恂)Directly stated · History of Ming 284, passage 93
- Relation Recommender of · Person Gongxun (公恂)Directly stated · History of Ming 284, passage 93
References in the histories
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