Jiyuan (繼遠) | 24 Histories

Overview

Jiyuan was a Family Member and Rebel.

Life and dates

Death

Execution · Authority Zhuangzong (莊宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 64

Attested activity

AD 923 莊宗滅梁
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passages 50-51

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Li Sizhao (李嗣昭)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passages 47, 69
Sibling of Jitao (繼韜)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 50

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Jitao (繼韜)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passages 51-52

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies of Righteous Sons 16: Li Sizhao, Li Siben, Li Si'en, Li Cunxin, Li Cunxiao, Li Cunjin, Li Cunzhang, Li Cunxian · 4 passages

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琢等以謂莊宗召居翰等問繼韜事，繼韜且見誅，因以語趣之，繼韜乃遣其弟繼遠入梁，梁末帝即拜繼韜同中書門下平章事。 Zhuo believed Zhuangzong had called them to judge Jitao's treason and pressed him to act; Jitao sent Jiyuan to Liang, and the Last Emperor made him co-chancellor at once.

居數月，莊宗滅梁，繼韜將走契丹，會赦至，乃已，因隨其母朝於京師，繼遠諫曰：「兄為臣子，以反為名，復何面以見天子？ Months later Zhuangzong ended Liang; Jitao nearly fled to the Khitan until amnesty came; he followed his mother to the capital; Jiyuan said: "You rebelled as a subject—what face have you to see the Son of Heaven?

繼韜陰使人告繼遠，令起變於軍中，冀天子遣己往安緝之，事泄，斬於天津橋。 He secretly told Jiyuan to stir mutiny in the army so the throne would send him to calm it; exposed, he was beheaded at Tianjin Bridge.

即遣人斬繼遠，以繼儔知潞州事。 He sent men to kill Jiyuan and left Jichou governing Luzhou.