Li Tuo (李托) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Tuo was an official.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 971 五月乙未朔
Execution
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 298
Execution · At the capital 京
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 239

Attested activity

AD 971 五月乙未朔
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 298
AD 970 開寶三年八月
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 144
AD 971 二月
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passages 163, 173
AD 917 to AD 942 少習騎射…事龑
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 230
AD 971 後至京斬之
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 239
AD 943 to AD 958 晟襲位
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 231

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AD 958 to AD 971 鋹立
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 232

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Elder Daughter of Li Tuo (李托長女)
daughter 女
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 233
Parent of Younger Daughter of Li Tuo (李托次女)
daughter 女
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 233

Kinship Role daughters · Count 2
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 233

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Career and standing

chief minister 柄臣
Directly stated · History of Song 2, passage 298
Acting Inner Captain 行內中尉
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 234
Army Observer of the Six Armies 六軍觀軍容使
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 234
Cavalry Grand General 驃騎上將軍
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 234
Commissioner of the Playful Splendor Palace, Superintendent of the Palace Domestic Service, and commissioner of the Liesheng and Jingyang palaces 玩華宮使、內侍監兼列聖、景陽二宮使
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 232
Commissioner of the Splendid Beauty Palace 秀華宮使
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 231

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Commissioner of the Sweet Spring Palace 甘泉宮使
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 234
Director of an Inner Treasury Bureau 內府局令
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 230
Grandee Equal in Honor to the Three Dukes 開府儀同三司
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 234
Inner Grand Preceptor 內太師
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 234
Palace Attendant in the Palace Domestic Service 內侍省內侍
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 231
Special Advancement 特進
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 234
Exercised
Consulted before all government affairs
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 233
Beheaded
AD 971 斬於千秋門外 · Execution · Authority Taizu (太祖)
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 186
Beheaded
AD 971 五月乙未朔 · Execution
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 298
Captured
AD 971 二月 · Captivity
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 173
execution by beheading 斬
Suffered
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 239

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Han 南漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 2, passage 298; History of Song 481, passages 173, 184, 230, 234
Polity Southern Han 南漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 481, passage 144
At Fengchuan in Feng Prefecture 封州封川
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 229
At Shao Prefecture 韶州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 144
At Xutian 許田 · Relation Brought to as captive
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 236

Learning and skills

Skill horsemanship and archery 騎射 · Level trained-from-youth
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 230

Works and attributed material

Unable to answer
Interrogation · Addressee · With Emperor Taizu (太祖)
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passages 236-237

Events and relationships

Admitted guilt after rebuke
Legal · Confessed
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 239
Blocked surrender proposal
AD 971 既克韶州 · Military · Obstructor · With Xin Yanwo (辛延渥)
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 235
Executed
AD 971 五月乙未朔 · Legal · Condemned
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 298
Interrogated at Xutian
AD 971 及就擒至許田 · Legal · Defendant · With Emperor Taizu (太祖)
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 236
Sent to Shao
Military · Defender
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 144
Relation Minister of · Person Liu Chang (劉鋹)
Directly stated · History of Song 2, passage 298

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Relation Retainer of · Person Former Ruler (先主)
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 184

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passages 144, 173

References in the histories

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History

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History of Song, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 1 passage

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斬其柄臣龔澄樞、李托、薛崇譽。 and executed his chief ministers Gong Chengshu, Li Tuo, and Xue Chongyu.

History of Song, Chapter 481Volume 481 Biographies 240: Hereditary Houses 4: Southern Han and Liu Clans Liu Chang (Gong Chengshu, Li Tuo, Xue Chongyu, Pan Chongche) · 15 passages

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乃遣龔澄樞往賀州，郭崇嶽往桂州，李托往韶州，畫守禦之策。 He then sent Gong Chengshu to He, Guo Chongyue to Gui, and Li Tuo to Shao to devise defensive plans.

美擒鋹及龔澄樞、李托、薛崇譽與宗室文武九十七人，同縻於龍德宮。 Mei captured Chang along with Gong Chengshu, Li Tuo, Xue Chongyu, and ninety-seven members of the imperial clan and the civil and military elite, all held together in Longde Palace.

至京，舍於玉津園，太祖遣參知政事呂餘慶問鋹翻覆及焚府庫之罪，鋹歸罪澄樞、托、崇譽。 When he reached the capital he was lodged at Yujin Garden; Taizu sent Vice Grand Councilor Lu Yuqing to question him about his treachery and the burning of the treasuries, and Chang blamed Chengshu, Tuo, and Chongyu.

太祖命攝大理卿高繼申引澄樞、托、崇譽斬於千秋門外。 Taizu ordered Acting Chief Justice Gao Jishen to lead Chengshu, Tuo, and Chongyu out and behead them outside the Gate of a Thousand Autumns.

澄樞與李托、薛崇譽置酷法之具，民甚苦之。 Chengshu, Li Tuo, and Xue Chongyu instituted instruments of torture, and the people endured terrible suffering.

李托，封州封川人。 Li Tuo came from Fengchuan in Feng Prefecture.

晟襲位，遷內侍省內侍，充宮闈諸衛押番兼秀華宮使。 When Shen took the throne, Tuo was made a Palace Attendant in the Palace Domestic Service, assigned to the palace guard rotation and Commissioner of the Splendid Beauty Palace.

鋹立，改玩華宮使、內侍監兼列聖、景陽二宮使。 When Chang took the throne, Tuo became Commissioner of the Playful Splendor Palace and Superintendent of the Palace Domestic Service, while also overseeing the Liesheng and Jingyang ancestral palaces.

托納二女於鋹，鋹以其長為貴妃，次為美人，政事皆訪托而後行。 Tuo gave two daughters to Chang in marriage; the elder became Honored Consort and the younger a Beauty. No policy moved forward until Tuo had been consulted.

太祖命師伐鋹，既克韶州，統軍使李承渥戰死，節度副使辛延渥間道遣人勸鋹降，托堅沮其議。 When Taizu sent his army against Chang and Shao Prefecture fell, army commander Li Chenwo was killed in battle. Deputy commissioner Xin Yanwo sent an envoy by a secret route to urge surrender, but Tuo firmly blocked the proposal.

及就擒至許田，太祖遣使問托等：「昨已約降，復率眾來拒戰，及軍敗又縱火焚府庫，誰為之謀也？」 After their capture and arrival at Xutian, Taizu sent an envoy to question Tuo and his associates: "You had already agreed to surrender, yet you rallied troops to fight again, and when defeated you set fire to the storehouses. Who planned this?"