Sui and Tang · Junior commander under Wang Jingren

Li Qianyu 李虔裕

Lǐ Qiányù

Attested AD 905

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Qianyu was a Junior commander under Wang Jingren.

Life and dates

Death

Died fighting while covering Wang Jingren's retreat · With Wang Jingren (王景仁)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 23, passages 51, 53

Attested activity

AD 905 Wang Jingren's return from the Qingzhou campaign
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 23, passages 50, 53

Career and standing

junior commander 裨將
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 23, passage 50

Works and attributed material

He urged Jingren to flee and promised to stop the pursuers with his life.
Speech · Speaker · Speaker Li Qianyu (李虔裕) · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Li Qianyu (李虔裕)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 23, passage 51

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 23Volume 23 Later Liang Biographies 3: Yang Shihou, Wang Jingren, He Gui, Wang Tan, Ma Sixun, Wang Qianyu, Xie Yanzhang · 3 passages

景仁軍還，梁兵急追之，景仁度不可走，遣裨將李虔裕以眾一旅設覆於山下以待之，留軍不行，解鞍而寢。 Jingren’s army withdrew; Liang pressed hard. Seeing he could not outrun them, Jingren sent Li Qianyu with one brigade to lie in ambush below the hills, kept the main force still, unbridled his horse, and slept.

虔裕疾呼曰：「追兵至矣，宜速走，虔裕以死遏之！」 Qianyu cried out: “Pursuers are here—you must flee now; Qianyu will hold them with his life!”

虔裕三請，景仁乃行，而虔裕卒戰死，梁兵以故不能及，而景仁全軍以歸。 Qianyu begged three times; Jingren only then rode off. Qianyu died fighting; Liang could not catch up, and Jingren brought the whole army home.