Sui and Tang · General

Li Cunxin 李存信

Attested AD 894 - AD 898

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Cunxin was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 894 to AD 898 乾寧中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 147
AD 894 李存信
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 139

Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 147

Events and relationships

Defeated by
Military · Defeated · With Luo Hongxin (羅弘信)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 150

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 185Volume 181 Biographies 131: Shi Xiancheng, Zi Xiaozhang, He Jintao, Han Yunzhong, Li Yanzhen, Luo Hongxin · 3 passages

太原發軍，假道於魏，令大將李存信屯莘縣。 Taiyuan sent an army through Wei by permission and stationed the great general Li Cunxin at Shen county.

存信御軍無法，侵魏之芻牧，弘信不平之。 Cunxin disciplined his troops poorly and encroached on Wei's fodder and pastures. Hongxin resented this.

弘信乃托好於汴，出師三萬攻存信，敗之。 Hongxin then feigned friendship with Bian, marched thirty thousand men against Cunxin, and defeated him.