Xiyin (喜隱) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xiyin was a Son of Li Hu; rebel.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Li Huzi Xiyin	李胡子喜隱
Courtesy name	Wande	完德	Wándé

Life and dates

Death

Executed
Granted death
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 170
AD 982 四年
Ordered execution
Directly stated · History of Liao 9, passage 131

Attested activity

AD 960 應曆10年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 6, passage 153
AD 961 應曆11年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 6, passage 155
AD 980 二年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 9, passage 86
AD 981 三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 9, passage 108
AD 982 四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 9, passage 131
AD 951 to AD 969 應歷中
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 72, passage 157

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AD 977 九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 9, passage 8
AD 969 保寧元年
Directly stated · History of Liao 8, passage 21
AD 974 保寧六年
Directly stated · History of Liao 8, passage 98
AD 960 應歷後
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 74, passage 115
AD 969 改元保寧
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 72, passage 162
AD 969 to AD 982 景宗即位
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 61, passages 86-87

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Yelü Wan (耶律宛)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 73
Parent of Liulishou (留禮壽)
his son 其子
son 子
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 169; History of Liao 9, passage 108
Child of Li Hu (李胡)
son 子
Li Hu's son 李胡子
Sources vary in certainty · History of Liao 72, passages 73, 156; History of Liao 6, passage 153
Sibling of Wanyuan (宛)
sons of Li Hu 李胡子 · Paternal half siblings
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 6, passages 63, 153
Spouse of Elder sister of Jingzong's empress (皇后之姊)
wife 妻
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 162

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Career and standing

Southwest Route pacification commissioner 西南面招討使
AD 977 九年 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 9, passage 8
southwestern frontier pacification commissioner 西南面招討使
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 167
Prince of Song 宋王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 162
Prince of Zhao 趙王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 156
Prince of Song 宋王
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 9, passage 8
Prince of Zhao 趙王
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 61, passage 87

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Prince of Song 宋王
AD 969 保寧元年四月 · Renamed from Prince of Zhao
Directly stated · History of Liao 8, passage 21
Entered
AD 980 二年 · Imprisonment · At Zuzhou 祖州
Directly stated · History of Liao 9, passage 86
Held
Imprisoned
Directly stated · History of Liao 61, passage 87
Deposed
AD 974 保寧六年四月 · Deposition · Cause Plotting rebellion
Directly stated · History of Liao 8, passage 98
Granted
AD 969 改元保寧 · Pardoned
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 162
Ordered
AD 982 四年 · Execution
Directly stated · History of Liao 9, passage 131
Released
Released · Date Source Date: Text: 應曆11年二月丙寅 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 11 · Western Year: AD 961
Directly stated · History of Liao 6, passage 155
Sentenced
Imprisoned
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passages 158, 161

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 8, passage 21
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 9, passage 8; History of Liao 72, passage 156

Works and attributed material

Remonstrance · Speaker · With Yelü Xian (耶律賢)
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 165

Events and relationships

Plotted rebellion again
AD 980 二年 · Political · Conspirator
Directly stated · History of Liao 9, passage 86
Plotted rebellion
Political · Rebel
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passages 157-158, 168
Removed shackles sought audience
Legal · Prisoner
Directly stated · History of Liao 61, passages 87-88

Assessments and attributes

Assessment frivolous and unreliable · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 163

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Liao 8, passage 21

References in the histories

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History

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History of Liao, Chapter 6Volume 6 Annals 6: Muzong 1 · 2 passages

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冬十月丙子，李胡子喜隱謀反，辭連李胡，下獄死。 That winter, in the tenth month, on bingzi day Li Huzi Xiyin plotted rebellion; testimony implicated Li Hu, who was imprisoned and died in custody.

十一年春二月丙寅，釋喜隱。 In the eleventh year, on bingyin day in the second spring month, Xiyin was released.

History of Liao, Chapter 8Volume 8 Annals 8: Jingzong 1 · 3 passages

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夏四月戊申朔，進封太平王罨撒葛為齊王，改封趙王喜隱為宋王，封隆先為平王，稍為吳王，道隱為蜀王，必攝為越王，敵烈為冀王，宛為衛王。 That summer, on the wushen new moon of the fourth month, Prince of Taiping Yansage was advanced to Prince of Qi; Prince of Zhao Xiyin was renamed Prince of Song; Longxian was made Prince of Ping, Shao Prince of Wu, Daoyin Prince of Shu, Bishe Prince of Yue, Dilie Prince of Ji, and Wan Prince of Wei.

夏四月，宋王喜隱坐謀反廢。 That summer, in the fourth month, Prince of Song Xiyin was deposed for plotting rebellion.

秋七月丁未朔，閤門使酌古加檢校太尉兼御史大夫，男海裏以告喜隱事，遙授隴州防禦使。 That autumn, on the dingwei new moon of the seventh month, Gate Commissioner Zhuogu was also made honorary Grand Marshal and Censor-in-Chief; his son Haili, who had reported Xiyin's conspiracy, was remotely appointed Defense Commissioner of Long Prefecture.

History of Liao, Chapter 9Volume 9 Annals 9: Jingzong 2 · 4 passages

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六月丙辰，以宋王喜隱為西南面招討使。 On bingchen day in the sixth month Prince of Song Xiyin was appointed Southwest Route pacification commissioner.

六月己亥，喜隱復謀反，囚於祖州。 On jihai day in the sixth month Xiyin plotted rebellion again and was imprisoned at Zuzhou.

夏五月丙午，上京漢軍亂，劫立喜隱不克，偽立其子留禮壽，上京留守除室擒之。 On bingwu day in the fifth summer month Han troops at Shangjing rebelled; failing to install Xiyin by force, they spuriously enthroned his son Liulishou, whom Shangjing regent Chushi captured.

秋七月壬辰，遣使賜喜隱死。 On renchen day in the seventh autumn month envoys were sent to order Xiyin put to death.

History of Liao, Chapter 61Volume 61 Treatises 31: Punishment and Law 1 · 1 passage

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趙王喜隱自囚所擅去械鎖，求見自辯，語之曰：「枉直未分，焉有出獄自辯之理？」 Prince of Zhao Xiyin removed his own shackles and sought an audience to plead his case. The emperor told him: "Guilt and innocence are not yet settled — what grounds have you to leave prison and plead?"

History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 8 passages

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〈（子宋王喜隱）〉 (Son: Prince of Song Xiyin)

穆宗時，其子喜隱謀反，辭逮李胡，囚之，死獄中，年五十，葬玉峰山西谷。 Under Muzong his son Xiyin rebelled; testimony implicated Li Hu, who was imprisoned and died in jail at fifty, and was buried in the western valley of Mount Yufeng.

二子：宋王喜隱、衛王宛。 He had two sons: Prince of Song Xiyin and Prince of Wei Wan.

喜隱，字完德，雄偉善騎射，封趙王。 Xiyin, whose style was Wande, was imposing and skilled in mounted archery and was enfeoffed as Prince of Zhao.

及改元保寧，乃宥之，妻以皇后之姊，復爵，王宋。 When the era was changed to Baoning he was pardoned, married to the empress's elder sister, restored to rank, and enfeoffed as Prince of Song.

喜隱輕僄無恒，小得志即驕。 Xiyin was frivolous and unreliable; the least success made him arrogant.

宋降卒二百餘人欲劫立喜隱，以城堅不得入，立其子留禮壽，上京留守除室擒之。 More than two hundred surrendered Song soldiers tried to seize the city and install Xiyin; failing to enter because the walls were strong, they installed his son Liulishou instead; Upper Capital regent Chushi captured him.

留禮壽伏誅，賜喜隱死。 Liulishou was put to death, and Xiyin was sentenced to death.

History of Liao, Chapter 74Volume 74 Biographies 4: Yelu Dila, Xiao Hendu, Kang Moji, Han Yanhui, Han Zhigu · 1 passage

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後宋王喜隱謀叛，辭引匡嗣，上置不問。 When Prince of Song Xiyin later plotted rebellion and named Kuangsi in his confession, the emperor took no action.