Overview
Li Gang was an official and Statesman.
Life and dates
Death
- AD 1140 次年Age At Death Value: 58 · Reckoning: SuiDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 214
Age
- 58AD 1140 次年 · Reckoning SuiDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 214
Attested activity
- AD 1139 九年Dated from the passage context · History of Song 359, passage 208
- AD 1135 五年Dated from the passage context · History of Song 359, passage 22
- AD 1138 八年Dated from the passage context · History of Song 359, passage 184
- AD 1136 六年Dated from the passage context · History of Song 359, passage 155
- AD 1134 四年冬Dated from the passage context · History of Song 359, passage 8
- AD 1140 次年Dated from the passage context · History of Song 359, passages 208, 214
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- AD 1127 to AD 1130 渡江後Dated from the passage context · History of Song 197, passages 230-231
- AD 1132 紹興二年Dated from the passage context · History of Song 359, passage 2
- AD 1126 金人犯京師Dated from the passage context · History of Song 399, passage 150
- AD 1126 to AD 1127 靖康之敝 / 李綱救太原Strongly inferred · History of Song 408, passages 35, 38
Family
- Kinship Role relatives · Count 10 · ten kin granted official postsDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 216
Key source chapters
- History of Song, Chapter 359 Volume 359 Biographies 118: Li Gang 2 24 passages
- History of Song, Chapter 408 Volume 408 Biographies 167: Wu Changyi, Wang Gang, Chen Mi, Wang Ting 2 passages
- History of Song, Chapter 197 Volume 197 Treatises 150: Military 11 1 passage
- History of Song, Chapter 399 Volume 399 Biographies 158: Zheng Jue, Wang Tingxiu, Chou Yu, Gao Deng, Lou Yinliang, Song Ruwei 1 passage
Career and standing
- Prefect of Hongzhou 知洪州AD 1135 五年 · Appointed · Concurrent trueDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passages 22, 153
- Prefect of Tanzhou 知潭州AD 1132 紹興二年 · Appointed · Concurrent trueDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 2
- Grand Commissioner for Pacification of Jinghu South Circuit 荊湖南路安撫大使AD 1139 九年 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 208
- Prefect of Tanzhou 知潭州AD 1139 九年 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 208
- Grand Commissioner for Pacification and Military Affairs of Jiangxi 江西安撫制置大使AD 1135 五年 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passages 22, 153
- Academician of the Hall for Viewing Literature 觀文殿學士AD 1132 紹興二年 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 2
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- Commissioner for Pacification of Huguang 湖廣宣撫使AD 1132 紹興二年 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 2
- Director of the Chongfu Palace in the Western Capital 提舉西京崇福宮AD 1132 紹興二年 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 7
- Chancellor 相Held · barely seventy daysDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 224
- military commander 兵柄AD 1126 金人犯京師 · StrippedDated from the passage context · History of Song 399, passage 150
- Junior Preceptor 少師AD 1140 次年 · Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passages 214, 216
- edict of praise 賜詔褒諭AD 1135 五年 · ReceivedDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passages 22, 152
- EnteredAD 1132 紹興二年 · DismissalDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 7
Places and affiliations
- Polity Song 宋 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 150
- Polity Song 宋 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · History of Song 408, passage 38
- AD 1135 五年At Hongzhou 洪州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passages 22, 153
- AD 1132 紹興二年At Tanzhou 潭州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 2
Works and attributed material
- Works essays, poems, and memorials totaling over a hundred volumesDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 220
- Collected Jianyan Edicts and Memorials 建炎制詔表劄集Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 220
- Commentary on the Changes, Inner Chapters 易傳內篇Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 220
- Commentary on the Changes, Outer Chapters 易傳外篇Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 220
- Detailed Expositions on the Analects 論語詳說Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 220
- Records of Advance and Retreat in the Jianyan Era 建炎進退志Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 220
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- Records of Jianyan Government 建炎時政記Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 220
- Records of Military Affairs in Jiang Right 制置江右錄Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 220
- Records of Pacification in Jing and Guang 宣撫荊廣記Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 220
- Records of the Imperial Welcome 奉迎錄Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 220
- Records of Trust in the Jingkang Crisis 靖康傳信錄Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 220
- war-chariot method 戰車法Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 197, passage 231
- AD 1139 九年Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passages 208-212
- AD 1135 五年Directly stated · History of Song 359, passages 22-151
- AD 1138 八年Directly stated · History of Song 359, passages 184-206
- AD 1136 六年Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passages 156-158, 161-164, 166-183
- AD 1134 四年冬Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passages 8-19
- AD 1132 紹興二年Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passages 4-6
Events and relationships
- Declined appointmentAD 1139 九年 · Political · AppointeeDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passages 208-213
- Inner hall audienceDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 155
- Pacified banditsAD 1132 紹興二年 · Military · Commander · At Jinghu 荊湖Dated from the passage context · History of Song 359, passages 2-3
- Sent to save TaiyuanAD 1126 to AD 1127 靖康之敝 / 李綱救太原 · Military · At Taiyuan 太原 · Outcome Taiyuan could not be savedDirectly stated · History of Song 408, passages 38-39
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment bore the hopes of the empire; loyalty stirred awe near and far · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passages 217-218
- Assessment favored war and was therefore sent out · Mode hearsayDirectly stated · History of Song 408, passage 39
- Assessment feared and respected among distant foes together with Zhao Ding · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 219
- Assessment loyalty like an infant clinging to its mother; devotion not less than Zhuge Kongming's · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passages 225-226
- Assessment worthy; had he been unobstructed in Jingkang–Jianyan, the Two Sovereigns need not have gone north · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 359, passage 221
- Assessment Zhang Jun sincerely devoted to the state despite errors; deserve leniency · With Zhang Jun (張浚) · Mode speaker-attribution Speaker Li Gang (李綱)Directly stated · History of Song 359, passages 168-169
References in the histories
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