Sui and Tang · Official

Liu Xixian 劉希暹

Attested AD 766 - AD 771

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Xixian was an official.

Life and dates

Death

Execution
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 86

Attested activity

AD 766 to AD 771 大歷中
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 119, passages 85-86

Career and standing

Executed
Execution
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 86

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 119Volume 115 Biographies 65: Cui Qi, Zhao Guozhen, Cui Guan, Jing Kuo, Wei Yuanfu, Wei Shaoyou, Wei Boyu, Li Cheng · 2 passages

賈明觀者，本萬年縣捕賊小胥，事劉希暹，恃魚朝恩之勢，恣行兇忍，毒甚豺虺。 Jia Mingguan had been a junior clerk for apprehending thieves in Wannian county; he served Liu Xixian and, relying on the eunuch Yu Chao'en's power, committed cruelties more vicious than wolves or vipers.

朝恩、希暹既誅，元載當權，納明觀奸謀，容之，特令江西效力。 After Chao'en and Xixian were executed, Yuan Zai held power, took Mingguan's treacherous counsel, sheltered him, and specially ordered him to serve in Jiangxi.