Qin and Han · Official

Li Qiang 李強

Attested BC 61

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Qiang was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 61 是歲，西羌反，漢遣後將軍征之
Directly stated · Book of Han 89, passage 33

Works and attributed material

Policy opinion · Co author · Mode direct-attribution Speaker Li Qiang (李強) · Co Author Person Id Xiao Wangzhi (蕭望之)
Directly stated · Book of Han 89, passages 43-52
Policy rebuttal · Co author · Mode direct-attribution Speaker Li Qiang (李強) · Co Author Person Id Xiao Wangzhi (蕭望之)
Directly stated · Book of Han 89, passages 65-68

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 2 passages

事下有司，望之與少府李強議，以為：「民函明陽之氣，有好義欲利之心，在教化之所助。 The case went to the ministries. Wangzhi and Privy Treasurer Li Qiang argued that "the people carry the bright force of yang; they incline to both duty and gain, according to what instruction gives them.

望之、強復對曰：「先帝聖德，賢良在位，作憲垂法，為無窮之規，永惟邊竟之不贍，故《金布令甲》曰『邊郡數被兵，離饑寒，夭絕天年，父子相失，令天下共給其費』，固為軍旅卒暴之事也。 Wangzhi and Li Qiang answered again: "The late emperor's sage example and good men in office wrote laws for the ages, mindful that the frontier could not sustain itself—hence the Metal-Cloth Ordinance, Class A: 'Border counties often see war, hunger, and early death, families torn—let the whole realm share the cost'—meant for sudden military need.