Li Yixing (李彜興) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Yixing was a Dingnan Ruler, Brother of Yichao.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 967 乾德五年秋
At his command post 鎮 · From Source Date: Text: 乾德五年秋 · Western Year: AD 967
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 215

Attested activity

AD 967 乾德五年秋
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passages 215-217
AD 943 八年秋
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 209
AD 954 to AD 959 周顯德中
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 213
AD 942 少帝嗣位
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 208
AD 936 晉天福初
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 207
AD 935 清泰二年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passages 203-204, 206

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AD 935 to AD 959 清泰後至顯德
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 136
AD 948 漢乾祐元年春
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passages 211-212
AD 960 皇朝建隆元年春
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 214
AD 944 開運元年春
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 210

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Li Guangrui (李光睿)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 217
Child of Li Renfu (李仁福)
younger brother 弟 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passages 167, 204
Sibling of Li Yichao (李彜超)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 204
Sibling of Li Yimin (李彜敏)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 209
Sibling of Eldest son of Li Renfu
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passages 167, 204
Sibling of Li Yichao (李彝超)
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 136

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Career and standing

acting Grand Preceptor 檢校太師
AD 942 少帝嗣位 · Added
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 208
acting Grand Commandant 檢校太尉
AD 936 晉天福初 · Added
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 207
Tongping Zhangshi 同平章事
AD 936 晉天福初 · Added
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 207
concurrent Palace Attendant 兼侍中
AD 948 漢乾祐元年春 · Added
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 211
Acting Grand Commandant 守太尉
AD 960 皇朝建隆元年春 · Added
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 214
acting commissioner 留後
AD 935 三軍推為留後 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 206

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military commissioner of the Dingnan army 定難軍節度使
AD 935 唐末帝聞之 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passages 204, 206
pacification commissioner of the Khitan southwestern frontier 契丹西南面招討使
AD 944 開運元年春 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 210
Acting Grand Tutor 守太傅
AD 954 to AD 959 周顯德中 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 213
concurrent Director of the Secretariat 兼中書令
AD 954 to AD 959 周顯德中 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 213
campaigning marshal of Xia Prefecture 夏州行軍司馬
AD 935 彜超既卒 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 206
Prince of Western Ping 西平王
AD 954 to AD 959 周顯德中 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 213
Prince of Xia 夏王
AD 967 乾德五年秋 · Posthumously enfeoffed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 216
posthumous Grand Preceptor 太師
AD 967 乾德五年秋 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 216
Prince of Western Ping 西平王
AD 954 to AD 959 周顯德中 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 213
Prince of Xiping 西平王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 136
Prince of Xia 夏王
AD 967 乾德五年秋 · Posthumously held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 216

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 211
Polity Later Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passages 207-208, 210
Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 206
Polity Later Zhou 周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 213
Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 214
At northern border of Yan Prefecture 延州之北境 · Relation Encamped at
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 212

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At Xia Prefecture 夏州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 206
Organization Dingnan army 定難軍 · Relation Commander of
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 206

Events and relationships

Drove out and sent Yimin to court for execution
AD 943 八年秋 · Legal · Suppressor · With Li Yimin (李彜敏)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 209
Marched for Li Shouzhen then withdrew
AD 948 漢乾祐元年 · Military · Commander · With Li Shouzhen (李守貞)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 212
Succeeded Yichao
AD 935 清泰二年 · Succession · Successor · With Li Yichao (李彜超)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passages 204, 206
Relation Incited by · Person Li Shouzhen (李守貞)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 212
Relation Successor of · Person Li Yichao (李彜超)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 204

Source notes

AD 960 皇朝建隆元年春
From Yiyin 彜殷 · To Yixing 彜興 · Reason violated an imperial temple taboo at the founding of Song 宋受命之初，以犯廟諱故改之
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passages 205, 214

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 132Volume 132: Biographies of Descendents 1: Li Maozhen, Gao Wanxing, Han Xun, Li Renfu · 9 passages

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弟彜興襲其位。 His younger brother Yixing succeeded him.

彜興，本名彜殷，宋受命之初，以犯廟諱故改之。 Yixing, originally named Yiyin, had his name changed at the founding of Song because it violated an imperial temple taboo.

彜超既卒，時彜興為夏州行軍司馬，三軍推為留後，唐末帝聞之，正授定難軍節度使。 After Yichao died, Yixing was campaigning marshal of Xiazhou; the army made him acting commissioner, and the last Tang emperor formally appointed him military commissioner of the Dingnan army.

八年秋，彜興弟綏州刺史彜敏與其黨作亂，為彜興所逐，彜敏奔延州，彜興押送到闕，骨肉二百餘口，朝延以彜興之故，縶送本道斬之。 In the autumn of the eighth year, Yixing's brother Yimin, prefect of Suizhou, rebelled with his faction; Yixing drove him out; Yimin fled to Yanzhou; Yixing escorted him to court with more than two hundred kinsmen; for Yixing's sake the court sent them back to his circuit for execution.

開運元年春，詔以彜興為契丹西南面招討使。 In the spring of the first year of Kaiyun an edict appointed Yixing pacification commissioner on the Khitan southwestern frontier.

是歲，李守貞叛於河中，潛使人構之，彜興為之出師，駐於延州之北境，既而聞守貞被圍，乃收軍而退。 That year Li Shouzhen rebelled at Hezhong and secretly incited Yixing, who marched out and encamped on Yanzhou's northern border; hearing Shouzhen was besieged, he withdrew.

周顯德中，累加至守太傅、兼中書令，封西平王。 During Zhou Xiande he rose to Acting Grand Tutor and concurrent Director of the Secretariat and was enfeoffed as Prince of Western Ping.

皇朝建隆元年春，制加守太尉，始改名彜興。 In the spring of the first year of Song Jianlong an ordinance made him Acting Grand Commandant and first gave him the name Yixing.

制贈太師，追封夏王。 An ordinance posthumously granted him Grand Preceptor and enfeoffed him as Prince of Xia.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Miscellaneous Biographies 20: Li Maozhen, Han Jian, Li Renfu, Han Xun, Yang Chongben, Gao Wanxing, Wen Tao · 1 passage

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其弟彜興，累官檢校太師兼侍中，周顯德中，封西平王，其後事具國史。 His brother Yixing became Acting Grand Preceptor and Palace Attendant, was made Prince of Xiping under Zhou Xiande, and passes from this account into the official histories.