Sui and Tang · Sorcerer and Adoptive Father of Wang Du

Li Yingzhi 李應之

Attested AD 900 - AD 910

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Yingzhi was a Sorcerer and Adoptive Father of Wang Du.

Life and dates

Death

Killed in mutiny; corpse not found
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 54, passage 150

Attested activity

AD 900 to AD 910 處直有疾
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 54, passage 144

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Wang Du (王都)
raised as his own son 養為己子 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 54, passage 143

Career and standing

sorcerer 妖人
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 54, passage 143
campaign secretary 行軍司馬
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 54, passage 145

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 54, passage 143

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 54Volume 54 Book of Later Tang 30: Biographies 6: Wang Rong, Wang Zhaohui, Wang Chuzhi · 6 passages

鎔遣使告急莊宗，莊宗命周德威率兵應之； Rong urgently appealed to Emperor Zhuangzong, who ordered Zhou Dewei to lead troops in response;

初，有妖人李應之得於村落間，養為己子。 At first a sorcerer named Li Yingzhi obtained him in a village and raised him as his own son.

及處直有疾，應之以左道醫之，不久病間，處直神之，待為羽人。 When Chuzhi fell ill, Yingzhi treated him with heterodox medicine. Before long the illness abated, and Chuzhi regarded him as divine and treated him as an immortal.

處直時未有子，應之以都遺於處直曰：「此子生而有異。」 Chuzhi then had no son. Yingzhi presented Du to him, saying, "This child was born with something extraordinary."

其後應之閱白丁於管內，別置新軍，起第於博陵坊，麵開一門，動皆鬼道。 Thereafter Yingzhi reviewed common conscripts within the jurisdiction, separately established a new army, built a mansion in Boling Ward with a door facing outward, and every action followed demonic ways.

會燕師假道，伏甲於外城，以備為不虞，昧旦入郭，諸校因引軍以圍其第，應之死於亂兵，鹹雲不見其屍，眾不解甲。 When Yan troops requested passage, they concealed armor in the outer city as a precaution, entered the walled town at dawn, and the commanders led troops to surround Yingzhi's residence. Yingzhi died among the disorderly soldiers, and though no corpse was seen, the troops did not remove their armor.