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Emperor Guangwu was a ruler.
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- Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Ruled
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Book of Later Han, Chapter 24Volume 21: Biographies of Ren, Li, Wan, Pi, Liu, Geng · 8 passages
忠遂與任光同奉世祖，以為右大將軍，封武固侯。
Li Zhong then joined Ren Guang in serving Emperor Guangwu, who named him right grand general and marquis of Wugu.
時，世祖自解所佩綬以帶忠，因從攻下屬縣。
Emperor Guangwu unfastened his own official sash and bound it on Li Zhong as a mark of favor, then led him in the reduction of the outlying counties.
至苦陘，世祖會諸將，問所得財物，唯忠獨無所掠。
At Kuxing Emperor Guangwu called the generals together and asked what booty each had seized; Li Zhong alone had taken nothing.
世祖曰：『我欲特賜，李忠，諸卿得無望乎？』
Guangwu said, "I mean to give Li Zhong a special gift—you others won't begrudge him that, I hope?"
世祖聞而美之，謂忠曰：『今吾兵已成矣，將軍可歸救老母、妻、子，宜自募吏民能得家屬者，賜錢千萬，來從我取。』
Guangwu heard and approved: "Our host is now solid. You may go back to rescue your mother, wife, and children—recruit anyone who can recover hostages and I will pay ten million cash; collect it from me."
世祖乃使任光將兵救信都，光兵於道散降王郎，無功而還。
Emperor Guangwu then sent Ren Guang to relieve Xindu, but Ren Guang's men melted away on the march and defected to Wang Lang, so the expedition accomplished nothing.
世祖因使忠還，行太守事，收郡中大姓附邯鄲者，誅殺數百人。
Guangwu then sent Li Zhong back as acting governor to round up leading families who had backed Wang Lang of Handan; several hundred were executed.
更始時，為信都令，與太守任光、都尉李忠共城守，迎世祖，拜為偏將軍，封造義侯。
Under Gengshi he was magistrate of Xindu; with Governor Ren Guang and Commandant Li Zhong he held the city, welcomed Emperor Guangwu, was named lieutenant general, and enfeoffed as marquis of Zaoyi.