Sui and Tang · Official

Li Shuming 李叔明

Attested AD 779

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Shuming was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 779 大曆末
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 131, passages 169-170

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Addressed to Dezong (德宗)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 131, passages 170-173

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 131Volume 127 Biographies 77: Yao Lingyan, Zhang Guangcheng, Yuan Xiu, Qiao Lin, Zhang She, Jiang Zhen, Hong Jinglun, Peng Yan · 3 passages

時劍南東川觀察使李叔明上言，以「佛、道二教，無益於時，請粗加澄汰。 At that time Li Shuming, observation commissioner of eastern Shannan in Jiannan, memorialized that "the two teachings of Buddhism and Daoism are of no benefit to the age and requested rough clarification and reduction.

德宗曰：「叔明此奏，可為天下通制，不唯劍南一道。」 Dezong said: "Shuming's memorial may serve as a general regulation for the realm, not only for the Jiannan circuit."

今叔明之心甚善，然臣恐其奸吏詆欺，而去者未必非，留者不必是，無益於國，不能息奸。 Now Shuming's intent is very good, yet I fear corrupt clerks will slander and deceive; those who leave are not necessarily bad, those who remain are not necessarily good—it benefits the state not and cannot still wickedness.