Shi Xiancheng 史憲誠

Family

• Descendant of Shi Daode (史道德)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 4
• Child of Shi Zhouluo (史周洛)
  father 父 · paternal line
  father 父
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 5; Old Book of Tang 181, passage 3
• Parent of Shi Xiaozhang (史孝章)
  father 父
  son 子
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passages 2, 41; Old Book of Tang 181, passages 30, 35
• Parent of Son of the Shi house (史氏子)
  son 子
  Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 203
• Parent of Successful son of the Shi house (史氏子)
  son 子 · Uncertain parentage
  Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 181, passages 209, 211

• five houses beginning with Shi Xiancheng 史憲誠等五家
  Kinship Role houses · Count 5
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 209

Origins and identity

• Xi people 奚虜
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 1
• Xi 奚
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 3

Career and standing

• Concurrent Censor-in-Chief 兼中丞
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 8
• Grand Councilor 平章事
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 26; Old Book of Tang 185, passage 28
• Grand Minister of Works 司空
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 23
• Grand Tutor 司徒
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 29
• Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs 左僕射
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 24
• Left Vice Director 左僕射
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 22

Places and affiliations

• Tang 唐
  Relation Served
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 13
• Polity Label Tang 唐 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 3
• At Jiankang in Lingwu 靈武建康
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 1
• At Jiankang, Lingwu 靈武建康 · Relation Native of
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 3
• At Hezhong 河中 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 32; Old Book of Tang 185, passage 34

Works and attributed material

• AD 822
  Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Wei Wenke (韋文恪)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passages 21-22
• Historian judgment · Subject
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 209
• Speech · Speaker · With Wei Wenke (韋文恪)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passages 19-20

Events and relationships

• Acclaimed commander
  AD 822 長慶二年正月 · Political · Subject
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passages 15-16
• Acclaimed commander
  Political · Subject
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 15
• Campaigned against
  AD 806 to AD 820 元和中 · Military · Vanguard commander · With Li Shidao (李師道)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 5
• Campaigned
  AD 806 to AD 820 元和中 · Military · Vanguard commander · With Li Shidao (李師道)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 7
• Campaigned
  AD 813 元和中 · Military · Commander · With Li Shidao (李師道)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 7
• First gained power through the autonomous three command system and later lost it by the same means
  Political · Warlord
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 209

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment cunning and deceitful · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 21
• Assessment cunning and duplicitous · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 23
• Assessment exemplar of the five houses that rose and fell by warlord autonomy · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 209
• Assessment gained and then lost power through regional military autonomy · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 201

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 36