Li Xian (李賢) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Xian was a general and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Xianhe	賢和	Xianhe
Posthumous name	Huan	桓	Huan

Life and dates

Death

AD 569 天和四年三月
At the capital 京師
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 136

Age

9
Reckoning Sui · Activity began study
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 10
14
Reckoning Sui · Activity father's death
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 15
68
AD 569 天和四年三月 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 136

Attested activity

AD 569 天和四年三月
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 136
AD 564 四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 123
AD 565 五年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 129-130
AD 565 俄廢洮州總管，還於河州置總管府
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 134-135
AD 546 to AD 550 俄而
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 85, 87-88
AD 562 保定二年
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 106

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AD 542 八年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 83
AD 546 十二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 85
AD 550 十六年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 94
AD 535 to AD 569 及逢時值主
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 307
AD 562 to AD 564 及高祖西巡
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 110-111, 117
AD 538 四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 64-65
AD 543 to AD 549 在繈褓……六載乃還宮
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 108
AD 536 大統二年
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 53-54
AD 550 to AD 554 太祖之奉魏太子西巡也
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 94-95
AD 535 to AD 556 屬亂離之際，居戎馬之間
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 306
AD 554 to AD 562 後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 98-99, 101
AD 537 從征竇泰，復弘農
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 191
AD 534 賀拔岳為侯莫陳悅所害，太祖西征
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 41-42
AD 551 魏大統末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 6
AD 534 魏孝武西遷
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 48, 50
AD 554 魏恭帝元年
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 98
AD 524 to AD 525 魏正光末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 167-168
AD 528 to AD 530 魏永安中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 16, 18

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Zhi (植)
nephew 弟子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 99
Kin of Kudil Le (厙狄樂)
nephew 甥 · maternal line · Through Sister of Li Xian (李賢之姊妹)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 120
Sibling of Li Yuan (李遠)
brothers 兄弟 · Uncertain siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 25, passages 306, 318
Sibling of Li Yuan (李遠)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 168, 170, 191
Child of Li Wenbao (李文保)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 5, 15
Sibling of Sister of Li Xian (李賢之姊妹)
sister 姊妹 · Full siblings · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 25, passage 120
Parent of Li Duan (端)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 140
Parent of Li Ji (吉)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 25, passage 143
Parent of Li Chong (崇)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 25, passage 144
Parent of Li Xiaogui (孝軌)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 25, passage 145
Parent of Li Xun (詢)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 25, passage 146
Spouse of Wife of Li Xian, née Wu (賢妻吳)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 109
Sibling of Li Mu (穆)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 118
Sibling of Li Yuan (遠)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 148
Sibling of Brother of Li Xian (李賢之弟)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 25, passage 99
Sibling of Li Yuan (李遠)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 1, 42
Sibling of Li Mu (李穆)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 42

Kinship Role sons, daughters, nephews, nieces, and grandchildren · Count 34
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 119
AD 562 to AD 564 及高祖西巡
Kinship Role brothers, sons, and nephews · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 116
Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 306
Kinship Role close kin · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 97
Kinship Role younger brothers · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 15

Origins and identity

Longxi Li; great-grandfather, grandfather Bin, father Wenbao
Line paternal
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 2-5

Career and standing

civil and military office together 任兼文武
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 308
military service from youth 少從戎旅
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 84
acting administrator of Yuan Province 行原州事
AD 536 大統二年 · Acting
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 63
acting governor of Yuan Province 代行州事
AD 537 從征竇泰，復弘農 · Acting · At Yuan Province 原州
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 191
Governor of Gua Province 瓜州刺史
AD 562 保定二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 106
Governor of Yuan Province 原州刺史
AD 542 八年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 83

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Chief Clerk of Yuan Province 原州長史
AD 536 大統二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 63
Governor of Ying Province 郢州刺史
AD 554 to AD 562 後 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 104
Chief Clerk 主簿
AD 528 to AD 530 魏永安中 · Appointed · Jurisdiction Yuan Province 原州
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 29
Area Commander of He Province 河州總管
Appointed · At He Province 河州 · From Source Date: Text: 四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 564 · Until Source Date: Text: 五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 565
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 123-124, 129
Commander of three provinces and seven garrisons 三州七防諸軍事
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 564
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 123
Governor of He 河州刺史
Appointed · At He Province 河州 · From Source Date: Text: 四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 564
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 123
Grand General 大將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 135
Staff Bearer 使持節
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 564
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 123
Equal in Three Departments 儀同三司
AD 546 to AD 550 俄而 · Granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 93
Grand General of Chariots and Cavalry 車騎大將軍
AD 546 to AD 550 俄而 · Granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 93
Staff Bearer 使持節
AD 546 to AD 550 俄而 · Granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 93
Grand General Pacifying the Army 撫軍大將軍
AD 534 賀拔岳為侯莫陳悅所害，太祖西征 · Granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 47
Staff Bearer 持節
AD 534 賀拔岳為侯莫陳悅所害，太祖西征 · Granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 47
Supervisor 都督
AD 534 賀拔岳為侯莫陳悅所害，太祖西征 · Granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 43, 47
General Pacifying the East 安東將軍
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 52
Left Supervisor 左都督
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 52
Commander of Gua military affairs 瓜州諸軍事
AD 562 to AD 564 及高祖西巡 · Held · At Gua 瓜州
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 111
Equal in Three Departments with Opening Office 開府儀同三司
AD 562 to AD 564 及高祖西巡 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 111
Governor of Gua 瓜州刺史
AD 562 to AD 564 及高祖西巡 · Held · At Gua Province 瓜州
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 111
Grand General of Fast Cavalry 驃騎大將軍
AD 562 to AD 564 及高祖西巡 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 111
Grand Governor-General 大都督
AD 562 to AD 564 及高祖西巡 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 111
Staff Bearer 使持節
AD 562 to AD 564 及高祖西巡 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 111
headquarters and field commands 莫府／戎行
Held · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 307
overall commander of the armies 總監諸軍
AD 554 to AD 562 後 · Ordered by edict
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 105
Commander of the military affairs of ten provinces including Jing, Yuan, and Qin 涇原秦等十州諸軍事
AD 569 天和四年三月 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 138
Governor of Yuan 原州刺史
AD 569 天和四年三月 · Posthumously granted · At Yuan Province 原州
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 138
Grand Governor-General 大都督
AD 569 天和四年三月 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 138
Pillar-of-State Grand General 柱國大將軍
AD 569 天和四年三月 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 138
Staff Bearer 使持節
AD 569 天和四年三月 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 138
General of the Grand Office, Equal in Three Departments 開府儀同三司
AD 550 十六年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 94
Grand General of Fast Cavalry 驃騎大將軍
AD 550 十六年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 94
General of Majestic Ferocity 威烈將軍
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 40
Magistrate of Gaoping 高平令
Promoted · At Gaoping 高平
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 40
Palace General 殿中將軍
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 40
Staff Bearer, Grand General of Chariots and Cavalry, Equal in Three Departments 使持節、車騎大將軍、儀同三司
AD 554 to AD 562 後 · Reappointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 100
Area Commander of He Province 河州總管
Restored · At He Province 河州 · From Source Date: Text: 俄廢洮州總管，還於河州置總管府 · Western Year: AD 565
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 134
Area Commander of Tao 洮州總管
Transferred · At Tao Province 洮州 · From Source Date: Text: 五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 565
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 129
Commander of seven garrisons 七防諸軍事
Transferred · From Source Date: Text: 五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 565
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 129
Governor of Tao 洮州刺史
Transferred · At Tao Province 洮州 · From Source Date: Text: 五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 565
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 129
Duke of Xiagi county 下邽縣公
AD 534 魏孝武西遷 · Households 1000 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 51
Increased including previous
AD 554 魏恭帝元年 · At Hexi Commandery 河西郡 · Households 2000
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 98
fine ranks and recorded merit 好爵／勳庸
Held · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 307
Huan 桓
Posthumous title
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 139
ceremonial reception accorded feudal lords 諸侯會遇禮
AD 550 to AD 554 太祖之奉魏太子西巡也 · Received
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 96
yielded the senior seat by age and village drinking rite 讓齒而坐，行鄉飲酒禮
AD 550 to AD 554 太祖之奉魏太子西巡也 · Received
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 95
Duke of Hexi Commandery 河西郡公
AD 554 魏恭帝元年 · Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 98
Duke of Xiagi 下邽縣公
AD 534 魏孝武西遷 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 51
Received
Honored as men of the realm · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 307
Restored by edict
AD 562 保定二年 · Rank and title restored
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 106
Stripped as kin punishment
AD 554 to AD 562 後 · Removed from registers
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 99
Succeeded by
Succession · With Li Duan (端)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 140
removal from the registers 除名
AD 554 to AD 562 後 · Punished
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 99

Places and affiliations

AD 562 保定二年
Polity Northern Zhou 北周 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 106
AD 536 大統二年
Polity Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 25, passages 53-54
AD 557 to AD 581 自周迄隋
Polity Northern Zhou 周 · Relation Clan prominent in
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 309
AD 581 to AD 618 自周迄隋
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Clan prominent in
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 309
Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 16, 18, 29
Polity Northern Zhou 北周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 111, 123, 135

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Polity Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 6, 48, 52
Polity Western Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 191
At Chengji in Longxi 隴西成紀 · Relation Ancestral place
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 2
At this land (Gua) 斯土 · Relation Local family
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 111
At Yuan Province 原州
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 25, passages 156, 191
AD 569 天和四年三月
At the capital 京師 · Relation Died at
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 136
AD 565 五年
At Shimen garrison 石門戍 · Relation Campaign at
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 130
AD 542 八年
At home district 鄉里 · Relation Native or home
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 84
AD 546 十二年
At Zhangye 張掖 · Relation Pacified
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 86
AD 562 to AD 564 及高祖西巡
At Gua Province 瓜州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 110-111, 117
AD 536 大統二年
At Yuan Province 原州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 63
AD 557 to AD 618 自周迄隋
At Western Capital 西京 · Relation Clan based at
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 309
AD 534 賀拔岳為侯莫陳悅所害，太祖西征
At Yuan Province 原州 · Relation Garrisoned
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 43
At Gaoping 高平 · Relation Family settled
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 4
At He Province 河州 · Relation Posted to · From Source Date: Text: 四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 564
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 123-124
At Tao Province 洮州 · Relation Posted to · From Source Date: Text: 五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 565
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 129
At Yuan Province 原州 · Relation Returned to garrison
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 52

Learning and skills

Activity followed a teacher; grasped broad outlines, not chapter-and-sentence analysis
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 10
Relation Teacher of · Quantity former disciples who had attended him
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 121
Belief loyalty and filial piety 忠孝之道 · Relation Committed to · Mode self-report Speaker Li Xian (李賢)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 13
Skill civil administration 政事 · Level versed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 84

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressees local leaders
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 54-58
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Extent s0012, s0013
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 12-13
Speech · Addressee · With Li Yuan (李遠) · Direct quotation · Extent Unit Ids s0168, s0169, s0170, s0171, s0172, s0173 · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Li Yuan (李遠)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 168
Speech · Speaker · With Li Yuan (李遠) · Direct quotation · Extent Unit Ids s0174 · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Li Xian (李賢)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 174
Historian comment · Subject · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 306-309
Speech · Addressee · With Erzhu Tianguang (爾朱天光) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 26

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Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Shi Ning (史寧)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 67-76

Events and relationships

After father's death raised and trained younger brothers with deep affection
Personal · Mourner guardian
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 15
Agreed Yuan should go east while he stayed low
Political · Planner
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 174-175
Ambushed Qiang and Tuyuhun
AD 565 五年 · Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 131-133
Built Wenyang city
AD 554 to AD 562 後 · Construction · Builder · At Wenyang north of Ping Province 平州北汶陽城
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 103
Commanded 300 elite cavalry as rearguard; none dared desert
AD 534 魏孝武西遷 · Military · Rearguard
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 50
Defeated Qiang at Shimen
AD 565 五年 · Military · Commander · At Shimen garrison 石門戍
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 130

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Disciples and freedmen given commands
AD 562 to AD 564 及高祖西巡 · Administrative · Appointer of retainers
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 121-122
Disguised as a woodcutter, entered the city, announced the main army was coming; rebels fled
AD 528 to AD 530 魏永安中 · Military · Infiltrator
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 36-39
Expanded garrison farms
Military agricultural · Commander · At He Province 河州 · From Source Date: Text: 四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 564
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 125
Followed to pacify Liang
AD 546 十二年 · Campaign · Subordinate commander · With Dugu Xin (獨孤信) · At Liang Province 涼州
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 85
Gathered leaders and planned counterattack
AD 536 大統二年 · Military · Commander · With Dou Lu Lang (豆盧狼)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 54, 59
Had Abao pose as Chounu's envoy to lure Daoluo out
AD 528 to AD 530 魏永安中 · Military · Deceiver · With Moqi Abao (万俟阿寶)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 22-23
Hidden with brothers when city fell
AD 524 to AD 525 魏正光末 · Military · Defender survivor · At Yuan Province 原州
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 156, 167
Housed imperial infants
AD 543 to AD 549 在繈褓……六載乃還宮 · Domestic · Host
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 108, 111
Intercepted and routed barbarian chief
AD 554 to AD 562 後 · Campaign · Commander · With Wen Zirong (文子榮)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 102
Led cavalry to welcome and escort Emperor Xiaowu west
AD 534 魏孝武西遷 · Military · Escort · With Emperor Xiaowu of Wei (魏孝武帝)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 48
Led townsmen in desperate resistance and drove Daoluo back
AD 528 to AD 530 魏永安中 · Military · Defender · With Moqi Daoluo (万俟道洛)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 31
Led townsmen to provide a thousand horses
AD 528 to AD 530 魏永安中 · Military · Supplier
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 27
Led local levies with Shi Ning against rebels
AD 538 四年 · Campaign · Commander · With Mozhe Houchi (莫折後熾)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 65
Night sortie with 300 then beheaded rebel
AD 536 大統二年 · Battle · Commander · With Dou Lu Lang (豆盧狼)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 60-62
Oversaw armies resettled Jiangxia households built Zengshan
AD 554 to AD 562 後 · Administration · Commander · At An Province 安州
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 105
Personally killed over ten captured six
AD 538 四年 · Battle · Combatant · With Mozhe Houchi (莫折後熾)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 79-80
Posted scouts
Military · Commander · From Source Date: Text: 四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 564
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 126-127
Pressed sally then pursued Ruru
AD 546 to AD 550 俄而 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 88-91
Pursued Houmochen Yue over more than 400 li to Qiantun Mountain
AD 534 賀拔岳為侯莫陳悅所害，太祖西征 · Military · Vanguard · With Houmochen Yue (侯莫陳悅)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 44-45
Raided camp and captured household
AD 538 四年 · Raid · Commander · With Mozhe Houchi (莫折後熾)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 78
Received grievous wounds; horse hit by a stray arrow
AD 534 賀拔岳為侯莫陳悅所害，太祖西征 · Military · Wounded officer
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 46
Received imperial gifts
AD 562 to AD 564 及高祖西巡 · Honor · Recipient
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 117
Received with feudal lord honors and feasted
AD 550 to AD 554 太祖之奉魏太子西巡也 · Ritual · Host · With Yuwen Tai (周文帝)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 96
Registered names and pledged allegiance when they met the right time and ruler
Political · Subject · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 307
Repeatedly crushed formidable enemies and passed through peril
Military · Commander · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 306
Secretly plotted against Daoluo on Tianguang's order
AD 528 to AD 530 魏永安中 · Military · Local ally · With Moqi Daoluo (万俟道洛)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 18, 22
Took a bypath to Yong Province to request reinforcements
AD 528 to AD 530 魏永安中 · Military · Messenger · With Erzhu Tianguang (爾朱天光) · At Yong Province 雍州
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 33-34
Twelve slaves compensated and manumitted
AD 562 to AD 564 及高祖西巡 · Legal · Household head
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 122
Village drinking ceremony
AD 550 to AD 554 太祖之奉魏太子西巡也 · Ritual · Host · With Yuwen Tai (周文帝) · At Yuan Province 原州
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 95
With Yuan, Mu, and others secretly responded to Houmochen Chong
AD 534 賀拔岳為侯莫陳悅所害，太祖西征 · Military · Co conspirator · With Houmochen Chong (侯莫陳崇)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 42
AD 546 十二年
Relation Subordinate of · Person Dugu Xin (獨孤信)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 85
AD 538 四年
Relation Colleague of · Person Shi Ning (史寧)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 65
AD 554 to AD 562 後
Relation Joint commander with · Person He Ruo Dun (賀若敦)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 102
Relation Guardian of · Person Prince of Qi Xian (齊王憲)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 108
Relation Guardian of · Person Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 108, 111

Assessments and attributes

Assessment as a Western Capital great clan from Zhou through Sui, not even the Jin and Zhang clans of Han stood above them · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 309
Assessment bold in design and fierce in loyalty, yet merit unrecorded at court and offices not above prefecture and commandery before they met a worthy ruler · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 306
Assessment commended and rewarded by Yuwen Tai after the pursuit of Houmochen Yue · Assessor Person Id Yuwen Tai (周文帝) · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Yuwen Tai (周文帝)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 47
Assessment destined to become a provincial governor; unmatched among men of talent seen by an eighty-year-old · Mode quoted-speech
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 8-9
Assessment fame at court and abroad; standing lofty; glory to the state and honor to the clan unmatched in their day · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 308
Assessment from boyhood had ambition and integrity and did not act rashly · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 7

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Assessment merit and virtue outstanding; abundant guidance · Assessor Person Id Emperor Gaozu (高祖) · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 111-112
Assessment won deep goodwill among the people · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 84
AD 562 to AD 564 及高祖西巡
Item horse from the imperial stables with gold-mounted saddle and bridle 中廄馬及金裝鞍勒 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 117
AD 562 to AD 564 及高祖西巡
Item thirteen-ring gold belt worn by the emperor 御所服十三環金帶 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 117
AD 538 四年
Item forty slaves 奴婢四十口 · Relation Rewarded
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 82
AD 538 四年
Item several hundred head of livestock 雜畜數百頭 · Relation Rewarded
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 82
AD 550 to AD 554 太祖之奉魏太子西巡也
Item state chariot and ceremonial dress 輅、儀服 · Relation Ordered to use
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 96
AD 534 賀拔岳為侯莫陳悅所害，太祖西征
Item male and female slaves, cloth, silk, and livestock 奴婢、布帛及雜畜 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 47

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 1-2, 108, 168, 306
Value historical
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 54
He Province had never had an area command; one was first created when he was appointed.
AD 564 四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passage 124