Sui and Tang · Warlord

Li Baochen 李寶臣

First attested AD 775; died AD 781

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Li Baochen was a warlord.

Life and dates

Death

AD 781 李寶臣卒於其位
Circumstance died in office
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 153

Attested activity

AD 781 李寶臣卒於其位
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 153
AD 775 與李寶臣…輔牙相倚
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passage 10

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Wei Yue (惟嶽)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 153

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 10
At Chengde 成德 · Relation Held command
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 153

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun · 1 passage

時李寶臣卒於其位，子惟嶽匿喪求位，上遣宏使成德問疾，且喻之。 When regional strongman Li Baochen died in office, his son Wei Yue hid the death to seize power. The emperor dispatched Ban Hong to Chengde under the pretense of a condolence visit to warn him against it.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 213Volume 213 Biographies 138: Buffer Regions: the Black, Green, and Yellow Seas · 1 passage

本名懷玉，至是賜今名，遂有淄、青、齊、海、登、萊、沂、密、德、棣十州，與田承嗣、薛嵩、李寶臣、梁崇義輔牙相倚。 Born Huaiyu, he now received the name Zhengji by imperial grant. He came to control ten prefectures—Zi, Qing, Qi, Hai, Deng, Lai, Yi, Mi, De, and Di—and stood shoulder to shoulder with the buffer lords Tian Chengsi, Xue Song, Li Baochen, and Liang Chongyi.