Li Yu (李裕) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Yu was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Age

young
AD 901 昭宗反正 · 太子幼
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 25

Attested activity

AD 900 初，劉季述廢昭宗
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 24
AD 900 劉季述謀廢昭宗
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 54
AD 901 昭宗反正
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 25
AD 903 昭宗自岐還
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 26
AD 904 昭宗遷洛
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passages 29, 31

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (唐昭宗)
beloved son 愛子
crown prince 皇太子
Sources vary in certainty · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passages 29, 54

Career and standing

Crown Prince 皇太子
AD 900 初，劉季述廢昭宗 · Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 24
Prince of De 德王
AD 901 昭宗反正 · Restored
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 25
Youth · treated as too young and tainted by the coup
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 25
pardoned 赦之
AD 901 昭宗反正 · Pardoned · Authority Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (唐昭宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 25
Installed as emperor
AD 900 初，劉季述廢昭宗 · By Person Id Liu Jishu (劉季述)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 24
Installed as emperor
AD 900 劉季述謀廢昭宗 · By Person Id Liu Jishu (劉季述)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 54

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Removed from emperorship on restoration
AD 901 昭宗反正
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 25

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passages 24-25

Events and relationships

Installed by Liu Jishu
AD 900 初，劉季述廢昭宗 · Political · Installed emperor · With Liu Jishu (劉季述)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 24

Assessments and attributes

refined / fine features
Physical description · 眉目疏秀
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 26

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passages 24, 54

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 43Volume 43 Miscellaneous Biographies 23: Shi Shucong, Li Yanwei, Li Zhen, Pei Di, Wei Zhen, Kong Xun, Sun Dezhao, Wang Jingrao, Jiang Yin · 6 passages

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初，劉季述廢昭宗，立皇太子裕為天子。 Earlier Liu Jishu had deposed Zhaozong and set up Crown Prince Yu as emperor.

昭宗反正，以為太子幼，為賊所立，赦之，復其始封為德王。 After Zhaozong’s restoration the boy was treated as too young and too tainted by the coup; he was pardoned and restored to his old title, Prince of De.

昭宗自岐還，太祖見裕眉目疏秀，惡之，謂宰相崔胤曰：「德王嘗為季述所立，安得猶在乎？ When Zhaozong came back from Qi, the Founder looked at Yu’s fine face and hated him. He told Cui Yin: “Jishu made that boy emperor. How is he still breathing?

昭宗遷洛，謂蔣玄暉曰：「德王，朕愛子也，全忠何為欲殺之？」 At the move to Luoyang Zhaozong told Jiang Xuanhui: “The Prince of De is my beloved son. Why does Quanzhong want him dead?”

玄暉具以白太祖，太祖益惡之。 Xuanhui told the Founder everything; the Founder hated Yu all the more.

振還，季述卒與巖等廢昭宗，幽之東宮，號太上皇，立皇太子裕為天子。 Zhen left. Jishu still deposed Zhaozong with Yan and the rest, locked him in the eastern palace as “Retired Emperor,” and set Crown Prince Yu on the throne.