Li Fuguo (李輔國) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Fuguo was a Tang Eunuch and Official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Death

AD 762 正其罪而誅之
Cause Execution · Mode quotation Speaker Jiaqing Emperor (嘉慶帝)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 183

Attested activity

AD 759 乾元二年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 150, passages 9, 27
AD 762 代宗求舊…李輔國權盛
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 111-112
AD 762 唐代宗殺李輔國
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passages 182-183
AD 760 改衛尉卿
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 141, passage 86
AD 756 李輔國
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 27
AD 760 to AD 762 李輔國遷帝西內
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 121, passage 223

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AD 756 to AD 762 肅宗時
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 66
AD 756 to AD 762 肅宗朝
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 27
AD 756 to AD 762 肅宗朝
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 22

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Career and standing

palace eunuch 中官
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 66
Exercised
Unchecked power
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 27
Held
Favored minister with great power
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 120
favored minister 幸臣
Powerful favorite
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 112
Suffered
AD 762 正其罪而誅之 · Execution · Authority Tang Emperor Daizong (唐代宗) · Mode quotation Speaker Jiaqing Emperor (嘉慶帝)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 183

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 112
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 27; Draft History of Qing 319, passage 182; New Book of Tang 21, passage 66

Events and relationships

Conveyed pitch pipe presentation
Political · Intermediary · With Wei Yanling (魏延陵)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 66
Executed by
AD 762 唐代宗殺李輔國 · Legal · Victim · With Tang Emperor Daizong (唐代宗) · Mode quotation Speaker Jiaqing Emperor (嘉慶帝)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passages 182-183
Requested five hundred Yulin horsemen for capital patrol
Military administrative · Petitioner · Outcome Request withdrawn
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 27, 31
Slandered
Political · Slanderer · With Tang Emperor Daizong (唐代宗) · Mode quotation Speaker Jiaqing Emperor (嘉慶帝)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 182
Relation Rival of · Person Li Kui (李揆)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passages 27, 31
Relation Sought attachment from · Person Wei Shaoyou (魏少遊)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 141, passage 86

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Relation Intermediary for · Person Wei Yanling (魏延陵)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 66
Relation Intimate of · Person Liu Xuan (劉烜)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 112

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 112

References in the histories

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History

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 117Volume 113 Biographies 63: Miao Jingqing, Pei Mian, Pei Zunqing · 1 passage

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冕以幸臣李輔國權盛，將附之，乃表輔國親昵術士中書舍人劉烜充山陵使判官。 Wishing to curry favor with the powerful favorite Li Fuguo, Mian recommended Fuguo's close associate, the drafting attendant and technician Liu Xuan, as administrative aide on the tomb commission.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 130Volume 126 Biographies 76: Li Kui, Li Han, Chen Shaoyou, Lu Yue, Pei Xu · 1 passage

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時京師多盜賊，有通衢殺人置溝中者，李輔國方恣橫，上請選羽林騎士五百人以備巡檢。 Banditry was rife in the capital; murder victims were left in the streets. Li Fuguo, then riding high, asked to assign five hundred Imperial Guard cavalry to patrol duty.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu · 2 passages

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肅宗將大用勉，會李輔國寵任，意欲勉降禮於己。 Suzong was on the point of giving Mian major responsibility when Li Fuguo, then in high favor, expected Mian to show him deference.

勉不為之屈，竟為所抑，出歷汾州、虢州刺史，改京兆尹、檢校右庶子、兼御史中丞、都畿觀察使。 Mian refused to bend and was ultimately blocked by Li Fuguo. He was sent out as prefect of Fen and Guo, then appointed metropolitan governor of Jingzhao, acting right vice grand mentor, censor-in-chief, and observation commissioner of the capital region.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 319Volume 319 Biographies 106: Yu Minzhong, He Shen Son: Feng Shenyinde, Younger Brother: He Lin, Su Linga · 2 passages

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仁宗嘗論唐代宗殺李輔國，謂：「代宗為太子，不為輔國所讒者幾希。 The Jiaqing Emperor once discussed Tang Emperor Daizong's killing of Li Fuguo, saying, "When Daizong was crown prince, he barely escaped being slandered by Fuguo.

及即帝位，正其罪而誅之，一獄吏已辦。」 When he ascended the throne, he corrected Fuguo's crimes and executed him—a prison clerk could have handled it."

New Book of Tang, Chapter 21Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites and Music 11 · 1 passage

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至肅宗時，山東人魏延陵得律一，因中官李輔國獻之，云：「太常諸樂調皆下，不合黃鍾，請悉更制諸鍾磬。」 Under Suzong, Wei Yanling of Shandong found a pipe and presented it through Li Fuguo, claiming: "Court tunes all ran low against Yellow Bell and all bells and stones should be remade."

New Book of Tang, Chapter 121Volume 121 Biographies 46: Liu, Zhong, Cui, and the Two Kings · 1 passage

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及李輔國遷帝西內，玄禮以老卒。 When Li Fuguo moved the emperor to the western palace, Xuanli died in old age.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 141Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao · 1 passage

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李輔國以其不附己，改衛尉卿。 Li Fuguo, because he did not attach himself to him, changed him to chamberlain for the guard.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 150Volume 150 Biographies 75: Li, Chang, Zhao, Cui, Qi, Lu · 2 passages

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李輔國方橫，請選羽林騎五百，備僥捕。 Li Fuguo was then riding high in power and asked to select five hundred imperial guard horsemen for rash pursuit and arrest.

輔國議格。 Fuguo's proposal was blocked.