Li Mi (李密) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Mi was a rebel Leader and Duke of Wei.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Fazhu	法主	Fazhu

Life and dates

Death

AD 618 斬之，年三十七
Beheaded · At Xinggong Ridge south of Luhun County 陸渾縣南邢公峴 · Authority Sheng Yanshi (盛彥師)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 232

Age

AD 618 斬之，年三十七
Years 37 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 232

Attested activity

AD 618 義寧二年六月
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 154-155
AD 618 武德元年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 218, 220, 226, 230
AD 618 武德元年九月
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 186
AD 617 to AD 618 narrative preceding 義寧二年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 134, 140
AD 617 九月
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 123
AD 618 二年庚戌
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 5, passages 34-35

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AD 618 二年春正月壬戌
Directly stated · Book of Sui 5, passage 34
AD 617 初，密既殺翟讓
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 173
AD 617 to AD 618 及自立
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 261
AD 617 四月
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 96
AD 613 大業九年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 26
AD 613 始玄感亂
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 260
AD 617 密建號登壇
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 213-214
AD 617 to AD 618 後李密已逼東都
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 290
AD 617 to AD 618 據洛口倉
Directly stated · Book of Sui 43, passage 35
AD 618 斬之，年三十七
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 232
AD 618 時徐世勣尚為密保黎陽
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 233
AD 617 to AD 618 李密所得…及密敗
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 256-257
AD 605 to AD 613 煬帝
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 7, 9
AD 618 皇泰元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passages 118, 120
AD 618 義寧二年
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 144
AD 618 詔歸其屍
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 234
AD 617 高祖兵起
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 92, passage 174
AD 617 高祖起師太原
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 115

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Lady Dugu (獨孤氏)
gave in marriage as wife 妻 · AD 618 武德元年
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 221
Child of Li Kuan (李寬)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 4, 10
Descendant of Li Yao (李曜)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 3
Descendant of Li Bi (李弼)
great-grandfather 曾祖 · paternal line · 3 generations
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 2

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

ancestors from Xiangping in Liaodong 其先遼東襄平人
Line paternal
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 1
Lineage same clan as Tang 與唐同族
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 207

Career and standing

Director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書令
Appointed · Authority Yang Tong (楊侗)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 120
Grand Marshal 太尉
Appointed · Authority Yang Tong (楊侗)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 120
Grand Commander of the Left Personal Guard Office 左親衛府大都督
Appointed · Basis hereditary-privilege
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 7
Campaign Marshal of the Great Headquarters of the Southeast Circuit 東南道大行臺行軍元帥
AD 618 義寧二年六月 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 155
Director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書令
AD 618 義寧二年六月 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 155
Grand Commandant 太尉
AD 618 義寧二年六月 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 155

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Director of the Imperial Household 光祿卿
AD 618 武德元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 220
Thousand-Ox Guard attendant of the Eastern Palace 東宮千牛備身
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 7
Duke of Xing 邢國公
AD 618 武德元年 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 220
rites due a lord 君禮
AD 618 詔歸其屍 · Buried with
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 234
Duke of Wei 魏國公
AD 618 義寧二年六月 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 155
Duke of Xing 邢國公
AD 618 武德元年 · Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 220
Duke of Wei 魏國公
Invested · Authority Yang Tong (楊侗)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 120
Entered
Submitted to Yang Tong
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 119
Held
AD 618 武德元年 · Resentment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 220, 222
Pleaded illness and resigned
Resigned
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 13
Struck by flying arrow
AD 617 四月 · Wounded
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 114
Tong's envoys 侗使
Detained
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 172

Places and affiliations

AD 618 武德元年
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Submitted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 212, 217-218
AD 617 初，密既殺翟讓
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Opposed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 207
Polity Eastern Capital regime · Relation Associated with
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passages 118, 120
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Accepted office from
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 155
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Opposed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 101, 122
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Rebelled against
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 263

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Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 4, 7
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Warlord under
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 92, passage 174
At Xiangping in Liaodong 遼東襄平 · Relation Ancestral place
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 1
AD 618 武德元年
At Chousang Post Station 稠桑驛 · Relation Traveled to
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 226
AD 618 武德元年
At Gong 鞏 · Relation Omen observed at
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 215
AD 618 武德元年
At Guanzhong 關中 · Relation Entered
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 205, 217
AD 618 武德元年
At Heyang 河陽 · Relation Joined ally at
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 203
AD 618 武德元年
At Taolin relay station 桃林傳舍 · Relation Seized
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 230
AD 618 武德元年九月
At Luokou 洛口 · Relation Fled to
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 198
AD 618 武德元年九月
At Mount Mang 邙山 · Relation Took position
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 187
AD 618 武德元年九月
At Wulao 武牢 · Relation Fled to
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 201
AD 618 武德元年九月
At Yanshi 偃師 · Relation Marched from
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 187
AD 618 斬之，年三十七
At the capital 京師 · Relation Head sent to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 232
AD 618 詔歸其屍
At five li southwest of Liyang Mountain 黎陽山西南五里 · Relation Buried at
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 234
At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 5
At Chenggao 成臯 · Relation Guarded
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 118
At Eastern Palace 東宮 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 7
At Gong 鞏 · Relation Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 99
At Huiluo Granary 回洛倉 · Relation Captured
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 97, 101
At Ji County 汲縣 · Relation Encamped at
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 165
At Jinyong City 金墉城 · Relation Residence
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 147, 172
At Jinyong 金墉 · Relation Based at
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 187
At Luokou 洛口 · Relation Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 114
At Mount Gou 緱山 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 14
At Xingluo Granary 興洛倉 · Relation Controlled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 174-175
At Yanshi 偃師 · Relation Captured
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 147
Organization Three Guards 三衛 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 12

Learning and skills

Relation Studied · Subject reading and learning 讀書
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 13

Works and attributed material

proclamations listing Emperor Yang's ten crimes 檄
Relation Commissioner
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 105
Biography of Xiang Yu 項羽傳
Relation Reader
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 18
Book of Han 漢書
Relation Reader
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 15
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Yang Su (楊素) · Direct quotation · Units s0018
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 18
Counsel · Speaker · Addressed to Yang Xuangan (楊玄感) · Direct quotation · Units s0027, s0028, s0029, s0030, s0031
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 27-31
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Yang Xuangan (楊玄感) · Direct quotation · Units s0023, s0024
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 23-24

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Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Yang Xuangan (楊玄感) · Direct quotation · Units s0039, s0040
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 39-40
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Yang Xuangan (楊玄感) · Direct quotation · Units s0045, s0046, s0047, s0048
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 45-48
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Yang Xuangan (楊玄感) · Direct quotation · Units s0051
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 51
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Yang Xuangan (楊玄感) · Direct quotation · Units s0053
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 53
AD 617 四月
Counsel · Addressee · With Chai Xiaohe (柴孝和) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 106-110
AD 617 四月
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 111-112
AD 617 高祖起師太原
Letter · Author · With Emperor Gaozu (高祖) · Paraphrased
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 115
AD 617 高祖起師太原
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 121
Letter · Author · With Yang Qing (楊慶)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 43, passages 38-63
Speech · Speaker · With Yuwen Huaji (宇文化及) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 158-160
Speech · Speaker · With Wang Bodang (王伯當) · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Li Mi (李密)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 203, 205, 208, 223
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Li Mi (李密)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 218-219
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Units s0042
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 42
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 151, 162

Events and relationships

Abandoned plan to go to Liyang after warning about Xu Shiji
AD 618 武德元年 · Travel · Commander
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 202
Accepted Tong's appointments and order to pacify Huaji
AD 618 義寧二年六月 · Political · Appointee · With Yang Tong (楊侗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 155
Agreed then regretted and stopped exchange
Diplomacy · Party · With Shichong (世充)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 184-185
Ambushed and slaughtered Shichong's raiding force
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 143
Ambushed while crossing
AD 618 斬之，年三十七 · Military · Victim · With Sheng Yanshi (盛彥師)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 232
Appointed sima
AD 617 四月 · Appointment · Appointer · With Zheng Ting (鄭颋)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 102

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Army collapsed
AD 618 武德元年九月 · Military · Defeated commander · With Shichong (世充)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 194-196
Arrived and received office and fief
AD 618 武德元年 · Appointment · Appointee · With Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 220
Captured Wei Jin at Shangchun Gate
Military · Commander · With Wei Jin (韋津) · At Shangchun Gate 上春門
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 148
Complained to Bodang while presenting food
AD 618 武德元年 · Court · Speaker · With Wang Bodang (王伯當)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 223
Considered granary food sufficient
Administration · Controller
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 174-175
Could not take Eastern Capital after many battles
Military · Commander · At Eastern Capital 東都 · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 259
Defeated by
Military · Defeated · With Wang Shichong (王世充)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 43, passage 65
Defeated at Wenxiang
AD 613 大業九年 · Military · Participant · With Yang Xuangan (楊玄感)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 55
Defeated sui and recovered granary
AD 617 四月 · Military · Commander · At Gucheng 故城
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 101
Defeated
AD 618 二年正月壬戌 · Military · Commander · With Wang Shichong (王世充)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 5, passage 34
Defeated
AD 618 及密敗 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 257
Devoted himself to fighting sui
AD 617 高祖起師太原 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 122
Entered Rang's camp to reassure the troops
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 141
Established himself but could not advance west
AD 617 to AD 618 及自立 · Military · Ruler · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 261
Established title and ascended altar
AD 617 密建號登壇 · Accession · Claimant
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 213
Failed ambush at Luo River then fled to Wulao
AD 618 武德元年九月 · Military · Commander · With Shichong (世充)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 199-201
Failed to reward veterans while favoring newcomers
Administration · Ruler
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 173
Falsely made peace to induce Huaji's army to eat freely
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 164
Feared recall and plotted rebellion
AD 618 武德元年 · Rebellion · Plotter
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 226
First counseled taking Guanzhong
AD 613 始玄感亂 · Military · Counselor · With Xuangan (玄感) · At Guanzhong 關中
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 260
Fought a great battle beneath Mount Tong; struck by an arrow; encamped at Ji County
Military · Commander · At Mount Tong 童山
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 165
Fought at the Shizi River; Shichong fled
Military · Commander · With Wang Shichong (王世充) · At Shizi River 石子河
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 138
Fought across luo
AD 617 九月 · Military · Commander · With Wang Shichong (王世充)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 128-131
Fought more than sixty battles
AD 617 九月 · Military · Commander · With Wang Shichong (王世充)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 133
Fox cried beside him at accession
AD 617 密建號登壇 · Omen · Subject
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 214
Joined Xuangan
AD 613 大業九年 · Military · Invitee · With Yang Xuangan (楊玄感)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 26-27
Killed
AD 617 初，密既殺翟讓 · Killing · Killer · With Zhai Rang (翟讓)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 173
Led army east to pursue Huaji at Liyang
Military · Commander · At Liyang 黎陽 · With Yuwen Huaji (宇文化及)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 156
Led army west and sent envoys to pay court at the Eastern Capital
Political · Commander
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 170
Led death defying troops to intercept; routed Shichong
AD 618 義寧二年 · Military · Commander · At Luo River 洛水
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 145
Led army into formation
AD 618 武德元年九月 · Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 192
Marched east against Yuwen Huaji
Military · With Yuwen Huaji (宇文化及)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 166
Met Shichong with a thousand cavalry and did not prevail
AD 618 義寧二年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 144
Mourned bitterly
AD 617 九月 · Personal · Mourner · With Chai Xiaohe (柴孝和)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 132
Offered to cut his throat in apology
AD 618 武德元年 · Speech · Speaker · With Wang Bodang (王伯當)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 203
Ordered to resist Yuwen Huaji
Military · Commander · With Yuwen Huaji (宇文化及)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passages 120, 154, 156, 164, 166
Ordered proclamations listing ten crimes
AD 617 四月 · Political · Issuer · With Emperor Yang (煬帝)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 105
Prepared gifts but invitee had fled
AD 617 九月 · Political · Invitee sender · With Xu Hongke (徐鴻客)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 126
Pressed the eastern capital
Military · Attacker · At Eastern Capital 東都
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 290
Proposed false report of Yuan Hongsi rebellion to move west
AD 613 大業九年 · Military · Counselor · With Yuan Hongsi (元弘嗣)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 51-52
Proposed three plans
AD 613 大業九年 · Political · Counselor · With Yang Xuangan (楊玄感)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 27-31, 35
Reached Wen then stopped upon hearing Yuan Wendu had been killed
Travel · Summoned subject · At Wen 溫
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 171
Read while riding ox
Personal · Traveler · With Yang Su (楊素)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 15-16
Received Tong's envoys and performed a subject's ceremony
Diplomatic · With Gai Cong (蓋琮), Ma Gongzheng (馬公政), Yang Tong (楊侗)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 165
Received bandit chiefs and took granary
AD 617 四月 · Military · Recipient · At Liyang Granary 黎陽倉
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 103
Received surrenders
AD 617 四月 · Military · Recipient
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 96
Refused discussion of assuming the throne while the Eastern Capital was unpacified
Political · Decliner
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 151
Refused to listen
Remonstrance · Addressee · With Jia Runpu (賈潤甫)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 181
Rejected Pei Renji plan
AD 618 武德元年九月 · Counsel · Addressee · With Pei Renji (裴仁基)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 190
Rejected western campaign
AD 617 四月 · Political · Decision maker
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 113
Returned to Jinyong and detained Tong's envoys
Political · Detainer
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 172
Secretly plotted against Zhai Rang
Political · Plotter · With Zhai Rang (翟讓)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 136
Seized Taolin in disguise and plundered livestock
AD 618 武德元年 · Rebellion · Commander
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 230-231
Seized
Military · Commander · At Luokou Granary 洛口倉
Directly stated · Book of Sui 43, passage 35
Sent 500 light cavalry to burn Huaji's siege engines overnight
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 163
Sent letter calling elder brother
AD 617 高祖起師太原 · Diplomatic · Sender · With Emperor Gaozu (高祖) · At Henei 河內
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 115
Sent out to garrison
Personnel · Commander · With Xu Shiji (徐世勣)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 182
Sent troops to meet cavalry crossing river
AD 618 武德元年九月 · Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 186
Spent family fortune to support retainers
Personal · Patron
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 6
Took Yanshi, repaired Jinyong City, based three hundred thousand troops there
Military · Commander · At Jinyong City 金墉城
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 147
Took and appointed Junyan
AD 617 因為李密所得 · Military · Commander · With Junyan (君彥)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 256
Took the throne
AD 617 密建號登壇 · Accession · Claimant
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 214
Whirlwinds and rats crossing Luo before defeat
AD 618 武德元年 · Omen · Subject
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 215-216
Wind nearly felled him on the altar
AD 617 密建號登壇 · Omen · Subject
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 213
Wounded by arrow then routed
AD 617 四月 · Military · Commander · At Luokou 洛口
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 114
Relation Addressed as younger brother by · Person Emperor Gaozu (高祖) · Kinship Term younger brother 弟
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 221
Relation Patron of · Person Zu Junyan (祖君彥)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 251
Relation Addressed as elder brother · Person Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 115
Relation Co conspirator of · Person Zheng Ting (鄭颋)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 136
Relation Same clan as · Person Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 84, passage 207

Assessments and attributes

Assessment Fusi is watching and waiting; a traitor at the side · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Li Mi (李密) · About Person Id Wei Fusi (韋福嗣)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 39-40
Assessment always won men's hearts; many mourners wept until they vomited blood · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 235
Assessment dazzled by the multitude and could not adopt good counsel · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 190
Assessment did not treat Wang Junguo with much honor · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 92, passage 174
Assessment eyes restless; not to enter the guard · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Emperor Yang (煬帝)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 11
Assessment fitting that he perished · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 261

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Assessment grew arrogant and did not care for officers · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 173
Assessment if he had not rebelled, his heroic talent could not have been tolerated in his time · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 263
Assessment in honoring the worthy and winning men, like Tian Heng; far surpassed Chen She · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 262
Assessment mediocre man aspiring to be emperor · Person Yuwen Huaji (宇文化及) · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Li Mi (李密)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 162
Assessment quick-witted, bold, far-seeing, skilled in strategy · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 6
Assessment some liken him to Xiang Yu; the historian rejects the comparison · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 258
Assessment treated Junyan with great courtesy · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 256
dark-complexioned youth 黑色小兒
Physical description
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 9
sharp forehead, square jaw, bright clear pupils 額銳角方，瞳子黑白明澈
Physical description
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 8
struck by an arrow at the battle beneath Mount Tong
Wound
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 165
Item famous bow 名弓 · Relation Produced
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 140
Item gifts prepared to invite Xu Hongke 幣 · Relation Prepared · With Xu Hongke (徐鴻客)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 126
Item tomb mound seven ren high 墳高七仞 · Relation Burial mound
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 234

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 256; New Book of Tang 84, passages 1, 173
Value historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 134
claimed merit no less than Dou Rong and expected ministerial rank
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 219
entered the passes with twenty thousand troops
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 217
had never had treasury wealth and gave no battle rewards, yet treated newly gathered men generously, so hearts turned away
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 173
lacked silk when Shichong lacked food
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 183