Li Yun (李筠) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Yun was an Informer.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Death

AD 926 to AD 930 天成
Beheading
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 71, passages 70, 72

Attested activity

AD 924 同光二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 31, passage 77
AD 926 to AD 930 天成
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 68

Key source chapters

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 71 Volume 71 Book of Later Tang 47: Biographies 23: Ma Yu, Si Kongting, Cao Tingyin, Xiao Xifu, Yao Zongzhi, Jia Fu, Ma Gao, Luo Guan, Chun Yuyan, Zhang Ge, Xu Ji, Zhou Xuanbao 2 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 31 Volume 31 Book of Later Tang 7: Zhuangzong Annals 5 1 passage

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 31Volume 31 Book of Later Tang 7: Zhuangzong Annals 5 · 1 passage

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丁丑，以光祿大夫、檢校司徒李筠為右騎衛上將軍。 On dingchou Li Yun became General of the Right Horse Guards.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 71Volume 71 Book of Later Tang 47: Biographies 23: Ma Yu, Si Kongting, Cao Tingyin, Xiao Xifu, Yao Zongzhi, Jia Fu, Ma Gao, Luo Guan, Chun Yuyan, Zhang Ge, Xu Ji, Zhou Xuanbao · 2 passages

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希甫拜左散騎常侍，躁進尤甚，引告變人李筠夜扣內門，通變書云：「修堤兵士，欲取郊天日舉火為叛。」 Promoted to Left Regular Attendant, he grew ever more reckless; he brought in an informer, Li Yun, who knocked at the inner gate by night with a report that "dike-repair soldiers meant to rebel by fire on the day of the suburban sacrifice."

李筠既當誅戮，希甫寧免謫遷，可貶嵐州司戶參軍，仍馳驛發遣。」 Li Yun was executed; Xifu could not escape demotion—to registrar of Lanzhou, dispatched at once by relay."