Song, Liao, and Jin · Military Officer

Li Qi 李琦

Lǐ Qí

Attested AD 1233 - AD 1234

Passages: 7
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Qi was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1233 二年正月
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 18, passage 79
AD 1234 天興三年六月
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 115, passage 125
AD 1233 天興二年至三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 115, passage 116
AD 1233 庚寅後
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 18, passage 111

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Wife of Jiagu Yuan (夾谷元之妻)
wife 妻
Directly stated · History of Jin 115, passages 116-117

Key source chapters

Career and standing

marshal 元帥
Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 18, passage 79

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Jin 18, passage 79
Polity Jin 金 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 18, passage 111
At Shanxi 山西
Directly stated · History of Jin 115, passage 116
At Bianjing 汴京 · Relation Fled to
Directly stated · History of Jin 18, passage 111

Events and relationships

Escorted grain mission
Military · Escort
Directly stated · History of Jin 18, passage 79
Relation Attached to · Person Zhe Xiyan (折希顏)
Directly stated · History of Jin 115, passage 116

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 18, passages 79, 111

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 18Volume 18 Annals 18: Aizong 2 · 2 passages

遣歸德知府行戶部尚書蒲察世達、都轉運使張俊民如陳、蔡取糧，以元帥李琦、王璧護之。 Guide prefect and acting minister of revenue Pucha Shida and transport commissioner Zhang Junmin were sent to Chen and Cai for grain, escorted by marshals Li Qi and Wang Bi.

張俊民、李琦奔汴京。 Zhang Junmin and Li Qi fled to Bianjing.

History of Jin, Chapter 115Volume 115 Biographies 53: Wanyan Nushen, Cui Li, Li Qi, Nie Tianji, Chizhan Weixin · 5 passages

李琦者，山西人，為都尉，在陳州與粘哥奴申同行省事，陳州變，入京，附崔立妹婿折希顏，娶夾谷元之妻，妻年二十余，有姿色，立初拘隨駕官之家屬，妻輿病而往，得免。 Li Qi was from Shanxi and served as a commandant. At Chen Prefecture he worked with Zhange Nushen as acting branch secretariat director. When Chen mutinied he fled to the capital and attached himself to Cui Li's brother-in-law Zhe Xiyan. He married the wife of Jiagu Yuan, a woman of more than twenty renowned for her beauty. When Cui Li first detained the families of officials who had accompanied the emperor, she went in a litter feigning illness and was spared.

琦娶之後，有言其美者，立欲強之。 After Qi married her, word of her beauty reached Cui Li, who wished to take her by force.

琦每見立欲奪人妻，必差其夫遠出，一日差琦出京，琦以妻自隨，如是者再三，立遂欲殺琦。 Whenever Cui Li coveted another man's wife, he sent the husband away on distant duty. One day he sent Qi out of the capital, but Qi took his wife with him. After this happened several times, Cui Li resolved to kill him.

琦又數為折希顏所折辱，乃首建殺立之謀。 Qi had also been repeatedly humiliated by Zhe Xiyan and was the first to propose killing Cui Li.

賤奴積不能平，數出怨言，至是與琦等合。 Jianu had long been unable to accept this and often voiced complaints. By now he joined with Qi and the others.