Li Kexiu (李克修) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Kexiu was an Acting Military Governor.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Chongyuan	崇遠	Chongyuan

Life and dates

Death

AD 890 明年三月
At Lu prefectural residence 潞之府第 · Age Years: 31
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 32
AD 889 to AD 900 詬而擊笞之後
Cause shame and anger; sudden illness 慚憤，發疾
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 113

Age

Years 31 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 32

Attested activity

AD 888 文德元年十月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 28
AD 886 光啟二年九月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 23
AD 884 七月
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 49
AD 884 中和後
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 38
AD 882 中和破巢
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 18
AD 886 光啟二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 44

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AD 883 十一月
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 38
AD 868 to AD 869 從討龐勛
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 107
AD 890 明年三月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 32
AD 880 討黃巢
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 109

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Li Kening (李克寧)
brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 98
Sibling of Li Kegong (李克恭)
brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 98
Sibling of Li Kerang (李克讓)
brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 98
Child of Decheng (德成)
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 17
Child of Li Guochang (李国昌)
son 子
father 父
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 38
Kin of Li Keyong (李克用)
paternal cousin 從父弟 · paternal line
younger paternal cousin 從父弟 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 41; Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 16
Parent of Li Sibi (李嗣弼)
son 子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 34; New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 114
Parent of Li Sigu (李嗣肱)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 114; Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 34
Sibling of Li Keyong (李克用)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passages 38, 49
Sibling of Taizu (太祖)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passages 94, 97-98

Kinship Role sons · Count 2
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 34; New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 114
Kinship Role parents · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 98

Key source chapters

Career and standing

acting military governor 節度留後
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 38
acting minister of justice 檢校刑部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 19
commander of the Left Camp Army 左營軍使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 19
commissioner of Fengcheng Army 奉誠軍使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 108
commissioner of the Fengcheng Army 奉誠軍使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 18
military commissioner of Zhaoyi 昭義節度使
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 平潞州之月 · Western Year: AD 882
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 22

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military governor of Zhaoyi 昭義軍節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 110
prefect of Shuozhou 朔州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 107
acting Minister of Works 檢校司空
Promoted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 42
commissioner of the Left Camp 左營軍使
Promoted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 109
Grand Preceptor 太師
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 33
Suffered
Flogged · Authority Li Keyong (李克用)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 31

Learning and skills

Skill mounted archery 馳射 · Level expert
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 42

Events and relationships

Attacked Meng Fangli and took Ze and Lu
AD 883 十一月 · Military · Commander · With Meng Fangli (孟方立)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 38
Attacked
Military · Vanguard · With Huang Chao (黃巢)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 109
Beaten
Punishment · Victim · With Taizu (太祖)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 112
Campaigned against
Military · Officer · With Pang Xun (龐勳)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 107
Captured
AD 886 光啟二年 · Military · Commander · With Lü Zhen (呂臻) · At Jiaogang 焦崗
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 25
Captured
AD 888 文德元年十月 · Military · Commander · With Xi Zhongxin (奚忠信)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 28

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Defeated Lü Zhen
AD 886 光啟二年 · Military · Commander · With Lü Zhen (呂臻)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 44
Defeated
Military · Commander · With Shang Rang (尚讓) · At Liangtian Slope 梁田坡
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 18
Defeated
Military · Commander · With Huang Kui (黃揆) · At Huayin 華陰
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 18
Posted at Hezhong with 10000 men
AD 884 七月 · Military · Commander · At Hezhong 河中
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 49
Raided with
Military · Commander · With Li Hanzhi (李罕之) · At Huai and Meng 懷、孟
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 111
Struck
Military · Commander · With Meng Fangli (孟方立) · At Shandong 山東
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 111

Assessments and attributes

Assessment frugal and austere · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 30
Assessment frugal and stingy · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 112
frugal; shunned luxury
Character
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 50, passage 30

Source notes

parents’ names unknown 不知其父母名號
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 98

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 50Volume 50 Book of Later Tang 26: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 15 passages

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克修，字崇遠，武皇從父弟也。 Ke Xiu, styled Chongyuan, was Li Keyong's younger cousin.

克修少便弓馬，從父征討，所至立功，武皇節制雁門，以克修為奉誠軍使，從入關為前鋒，破黃揆於華陰，敗尚讓於梁田坡，蹙黃巢於光順門，每戰皆捷，勇懾諸軍。 Ke Xiu was skilled with bow and horse from youth. On his father's campaigns he distinguished himself wherever he fought. When Li Keyong took command of Yanmen, he appointed Ke Xiu commissioner of the Fengcheng Army. Marching into the passes as vanguard, Ke Xiu defeated Huang Kui at Huayin, routed Shang Rang at Liangtian Slope, and drove Huang Chao back at Guangshun Gate. He won every engagement, and his boldness overawed the other armies.

與孟方立戰於銅鞮，不利，武皇乃令克修將兵繼進。 The allied force fought Meng Fangli at Tongdi without success, so Li Keyong ordered Ke Xiu to advance with reinforcements.

是月，平潞州，斬其刺史李殷銳，乃表克修為昭義節度使。 That month Luzhou was taken, its prefect Li Yinrui was executed, and Ke Xiu was recommended for appointment as military commissioner of Zhaoyi.

光啟二年九月，克修出師山東，收復邢、洺。 In the ninth month of Guangqi 2, Ke Xiu took the field east of the Taihang range and recovered Xing and Ming.

孟方立遣將呂臻來援，戰於焦崗，大敗之，擒呂臻，俘斬萬計，進拔武安、臨洺諸屬縣，乘勝進圍邢州。 Meng Fangli sent Lü Zhen to the rescue. Ke Xiu met him at Jiaogang and won a crushing victory, capturing Lü Zhen and killing or taking prisoner tens of thousands. He then seized Wu'an, Linming, and the other subordinate counties and, riding the momentum, laid siege to Xingzhou.

方立求援於鎮州，王鎔出師三萬援之，克修軍退。 Fangli appealed to Zhenzhou for help. Wang Rong marched out thirty thousand men to relieve him, and Ke Xiu's army fell back.

及李罕之來歸，武皇授以澤州刺史，與克修合勢進攻河陽，連歲出師，以苦懷、孟。 When Li Hanzhi defected to Li Keyong, he was made prefect of Zezhou and joined Ke Xiu in a combined offensive against Heyang. Campaigning year after year, they wore down the Huai and Meng factions.

文德元年十月，孟方立遣將奚忠信將兵三萬襲我遼州，克修設伏於遼之東山，大敗賊軍，擒忠信以獻。 In the tenth month of Wende 1, Meng Fangli sent Xi Zhongxin with thirty thousand men to raid Liaozhou. Ke Xiu laid an ambush on East Mountain and routed the enemy, capturing Zhongxin and sending him to headquarters.

克修性儉嗇，不事華靡，供帳饔膳，品數簡陋。 Ke Xiu was frugal by nature and shunned display. His quarters and table were spare and plain.

武皇怒其菲薄，笞而詬之，克修慚憤發疾； Li Keyong, angry at his austerity, had him flogged and berated him. Ke Xiu, mortified and embittered, fell ill;

莊宗即位，追贈太師。 When Emperor Zhuangzong came to the throne, Ke Xiu was posthumously enfeoffed as Grand Preceptor.

克修子二人，長曰嗣弼，次曰嗣肱。 Ke Xiu had two sons: the elder, Sibi, and the younger, Sigu.

大順初，潞帥李克修卒，克恭代為昭義節度使。 Early in the Dashun era, after the Lu commander Ke Xiu died, Ke Gong succeeded him as military commissioner of Zhaoyi.

潞人素便克修之簡正，惡克恭之恣縱，又以克修非罪暴卒，人士離心。 The people of Lu had long valued Ke Xiu's plain, upright rule and resented Ke Gong's excesses. Ke Xiu's sudden death, though he was innocent of wrongdoing, also alienated the gentry and commoners.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 57Volume 57 Book of Later Tang 33: Biographies 9: Gao Chongtao · 3 passages

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崇韜初為李克修帳下親信。 Chongtao began as a trusted confidant in Li Kexiu's personal entourage.

克修鎮昭義，崇韜累典事務，以廉幹稱。 While Kexiu held the Zhaoyi command, Chongtao repeatedly handled administrative affairs and earned a reputation for integrity and efficiency.

克修卒，武皇用為典謁，奉使鳳翔稱旨，署教練使。 After Kexiu's death, Emperor Wu appointed him Master of Ceremonies. On an embassy to Fengxiang he fulfilled his mission to the emperor's satisfaction and was made Training Commissioner.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 62Volume 62 Book of Later Tang 38: Biographies 14: Meng Fangli, Zhang Wenli, Dong Zhang · 5 passages

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又使李克修攻敗之，殺殷銳，遂並潞州，表克修為節度留後。 He then sent Li Kexiu, who defeated Fangli's forces, killed Yinrui, seized Luzhou, and recommended Kexiu as acting governor.

至是，方立自以山東三州為昭義，朝廷亦命克修，以潞州舊軍畀之，昭義有兩節自此始。 Fangli now held the three eastern prefectures as his own Zhaoyi command while the court appointed Kexiu over Luzhou with its former garrison—thus the circuit was split in two.

克修，字崇遠，克用從父弟。 Kexiu, courtesy name Chongyuan, was Li Keyong's paternal cousin.

光啟二年，克修擊邢州，取故鎮，進攻武安，方立將呂臻、馬爽戰焦岡，為克修所破，斬首萬級，執臻等，拔武安、臨洺、邯鄲、沙河。 In 886 Kexiu attacked Xingzhou, recovered the old seat, and pressed on Wu'an; Fangli's generals Lü Zhen and Ma Shuang met him at Jiaogang and were routed—ten thousand heads were taken, Zhen captured, and Wu'an, Linming, Handan, and Shahe fell.

方立丐兵於王鎔，鎔以兵三萬赴之，克修還。 Fangli appealed to Wang Rong for troops; Rong sent thirty thousand men, and Kexiu withdrew.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 4Volume 4 Later Tang Annals 1: Zhuangzong 1 · 2 passages

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十一月，遣其弟克修攻昭义孟方立，取其泽、潞二州。 In the eleventh month he sent his brother Kexiu against Meng Fangli of Zhaoyi and seized Ze and Lu.

七月，至于太原，讼其事于京师，请加兵于汴，遣弟克修将兵万人屯于河中以待。 In the seventh month he was back in Taiyuan. He petitioned the capital for justice, demanded reinforcements against Bian, and posted his brother Kexiu at Hezhong with ten thousand men.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 14Volume 14: Taizu of Later Tang's Family · 5 passages

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太祖四弟，曰克讓、克修、克恭、克寧，皆不知其父母名號。 The four were Kerang, Kexiu, Kegong, and Kening; their parents’ names are lost.

克修字崇遠，從討龐勛，以功拜朔州刺史。 Kexiu, styled Chongyuan, fought Pang Xun and became prefect of Shuo.

潞州孟方立遷於邢州，晉取潞州，表克修昭義軍節度使。 When Meng Fangli left Luzhou for Xing, Jin took it and made Kexiu governor of Zhaoyi.

其後，太祖自將擊方立，還軍過潞，克修性儉嗇，供饋甚薄，太祖大怒，詬而擊笞之。 When Taizu passed through Lu after attacking Fangli, Kexiu’s meager hospitality enraged him; he cursed and beat him with a staff.

克修慚憤，發疾卒。 Kexiu died of shame and rage.