[1]Identity and datesLinghu Chu lived from 766 to 837 and is identified as a Tang poet, man of letters, and chancellor.
CBDBLinghu Chu (32980)The person fields provide his name, life dates, Tang affiliation, and the statuses poet, man of letters, and chancellor.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The profile and biographical passages give his name, dates, Tang setting, literary activity, and service as a chief minister.
WikidataLinghu Chu (Q5955927)The entity record supplies the English name, the description of him as a Tang chancellor, and date values for 766 and 837.
[2]Courtesy name and sobriquetThe sources give variant forms of his courtesy name, identify him as fourth in birth order, and associate him with the style Baiyun Ruzi.
CBDBLinghu Chu (32980)The alternate-name fields give the birth-order name 令狐四, the courtesy name 殻士, and 白雲孺子.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The aliases and biographies provide 殼士, 白云孺子, fourth in birth order, and the variant 悫士.
WikidataLinghu Chu (Q5955927)The name data supplies Baiyunruzi and the variant courtesy-name and posthumous-name values.
[3]Native placeThe place data presents 宜州華原 and 燉煌 together, while the biographies describe Taiyuan as his residence.
CBDBLinghu Chu (32980)The address fields list 華原 as the basic native place and 燉煌 as another native-place entry.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The profile gives 宜州華原, while the biographies identify 敦煌 as the ancestral place and Taiyuan or 并州 as the actual residence.
[4]Family backgroundLinghu Chu was the son of 令狐承簡 and claimed descent from 令狐德棻.
CBDBLinghu Chu (32980)The kinship fields identify 令狐承簡 as his father and provide the father's death year.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The biographies state that he was descended from 德棻 and preserve the claim about his ancestry.
[5]Children and nephewThe kinship entries identify 令狐緒 and 令狐綯 as sons and 令狐紞 as a nephew.
CBDBLinghu Chu (32980)The kinship entries identify 令狐紞 as a nephew, 令狐緒 as the first son, and 令狐綯 as the second son.
[6]Examination and early officesHe passed the jinshi examination in 791, received a 校書郎 appointment, served in 桂州, and held secretary and military-judge posts in the Taiyuan headquarters.
CBDBLinghu Chu (32980)The examination entry gives the jinshi status, while the office entries list the Hongwen Hall post, the 桂州 aide post, and the secretary and military-judge posts.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The biographies date his jinshi success to 791 and describe his appointments in 桂州 and Taiyuan, including the secretary and military-judge roles.
[7]Court careerThe Yuanhe biographies and office entries support his court appointments, mourning period, drafting office, and Hanlin appointment.
CBDBLinghu Chu (32980)The office entries list Right Reminder, the vice-directorships of the Rites and Justice ministries, the Secretariat offices, and the Hanlin Academician post.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The biographies give the sequence of entering court, mourning his father, and returning to office; the title list supplies the corresponding posts and the mourning entry.
[8]Entry into the chief ministryIn 818 he held the 華州 and 河陽 posts, and in 819 he received the two offices associated with entry into the chief ministry.
CBDBLinghu Chu (32980)The office entries list the 華州 governorship, 河陽 military command, 中書侍郎, and 同中書門下平章事, with starting years 818 and 819.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The biographies describe his 818 appointment in 華州, move to 河陽, and appointment as 中書侍郎同平章事 in 819.
[9]Divergent accounts of demotionThe biographies offer different explanations for the career reversal: factional opposition to 裴度 in one account and corruption involving a subordinate official in another, followed by the listed demotions and transfer.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The three biographies differ in their explanation of the 華州 appointment and later demotions; the wording therefore preserves both the factional and corruption accounts and their shared career sequence.
CBDBLinghu Chu (32980)The relational and office entries name 皇甫鎛, 李逢吉, 裴度, 華州, 宣歙, 衡州, and 郢州.
[10]Later careerThe later office sequence includes the Henan governorship, Xuanwu command, Ministry of Revenue, eastern-capital custodianship, and the Tianping and Hedong commands, with a 河本 variant.
CBDBLinghu Chu (32980)The office entries list the eastern-capital guest post, Henan prefectural office, Xuanwu command, Ministry of Revenue, eastern-capital custodianship, and Tianping command.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The biographies give the Changqing and Dahe dates and the sequence through Xuanwu, the Ministry of Revenue, the eastern capital, Tianping, and Hedong; the texts preserve 河本 and 河東 as variants.
[11]Good governmentA biography summarizes his administration by saying that wherever he served he was associated with good government.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The biography characterizes his places of service as having good government.
[12]Final promotionsIn 833 he became Minister of Personnel, then Grand Master of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, Left Vice Censor, and supervisor of salt and iron transport.
CBDBLinghu Chu (32980)The office entries list Minister of Personnel, Grand Master of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, and Left Vice Censor, with the first office beginning in 833.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The biographies explicitly give the 833 appointment, subsequent promotions, and responsibility for salt and iron transport.
[13]Death and posthumous honorsHe became military commissioner of 山南西道 in 836, died at his post at seventy-two, received the posthumous title Sikong and name Wen, and was later elevated to Taiwei after his son's rise.
CBDBLinghu Chu (32980)The basic and office fields give his death year, the 山南西道 command beginning in 836, and the posthumous name 文.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The biographies state that he died in the 山南西道 post at seventy-two, received Sikong and Wen, and was later elevated to Taiwei after his son 令狐綯 became prominent.
[14]Literary abilityThe biographies and poetry classifications support his skill in literary composition, memorials and edicts, yuefu, and quatrains.
CBDBLinghu Chu (32980)The status fields identify him as a poet and man of letters.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The biographies and poetry remarks describe his literary composition, skill in memorials and edicts, preference for yuefu, and strength in quatrains.
[15]Poetic style and Three Secretariat PoetsHis poetry was called 宏毅闊遠, and his association with 王涯 and 張仲素 produced the Three Secretariat Poets collection.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The poetry remarks praise the style as 宏毅闊遠 and identify the shared Secretariat service and 三舍人詩 collection.
[16]Poetic exchangesThe biographies and relationship entries support his frequent exchanges with 劉禹錫, 李逢吉, and 廣宣 and further literary exchanges with the other named poets.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The biography directly states that he exchanged many poems with 劉禹錫, 李逢吉, and 廣宣.
CBDBLinghu Chu (32980)The relationship entries name 劉禹錫, 白居易, 錢徽, 竇鞏, 李商隱, and 張祜 with poem or literary-exchange relationships, while the title entries include the related唱和 collections.
[17]Zhang Hu and Li ShangyinThe biography says that he presented 張祜's poetry to the court and taught parallel prose to 李商隱.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The biography explicitly states that he presented 張祜's poetry to the court and taught parallel prose to 李商隱.
[18]Major worksThe biographies and title entries support the 130-juan 漆匳集, the variant title 漆奩集, and the lost exchange collections with 劉禹錫 and 李逢吉.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The biographies use the title variants 漆匳集 and 漆奁集 and give the 130-juan size, the two exchange collections, their lengths, and their loss.
[19]御覽詩 and surviving poemsThe biographies state that he compiled and presented 御覽詩, and give the surviving poem counts in the two Tang poetry collections.
Souyun令狐楚 (14025)The biographies describe the one-juan 御覽詩, its presentation and survival, and the poem and title counts in 全唐詩 and 全唐詩續拾.
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