Li Changshou (李長壽)

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Changshou as an administrator, general, official, and warlord. This record brings together 11 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Li Changshou	李長壽	Li Changshou
Personal name	Changshou	長壽	Changshou
Given	Changshou	長壽	Changshou
Title	Duke of Qinghe	清河郡公
Descriptive kinship	Father of Li Yansun	李延孫之父
Surname	Li	李	Li

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · zhoushu:043:s0004

Roles

Administrator
General
Official
Warlord

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed in battle · Cause: city fell when attacked by Hou Jing
Explicit · zhoushu:043:s0018

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 大統元年 · Western Year: AD 535
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Source Date: Text: 孝昌中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 525 · End: AD 527
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Source Date: Text: 魏孝武西遷 · Western Year: AD 534
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Family

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Parent of Daughter of Li Changshou (李長壽女)
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter · Line: paternal
Child of Li Bofu (李伯扶)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
Parent of Li Yansun (李延孫)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
Parent of Li Yisun (李義孫)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal

Career and standing

Label: Commander for Barbarian Defense / 防蠻都督 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝昌中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 525 · End: AD 527
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Label: Governor of Beihua Province / 北華州刺史 · Action: appointed
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Label: posthumous Grand Commandant and related honors / 追贈太尉等 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大統元年 · Western Year: AD 535
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Title: Duke of Qinghe Commandery / 清河郡公 · Action: enfeoffed
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: killed when city fell · Other Person Id: Hou Jing (侯景)
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Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: resisted Eastern Wei · Other Person Id: Emperor Xiaowu of Wei (魏孝武帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 魏孝武西遷 · Western Year: AD 534
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References in the histories

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Book of Zhou, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 35: Li Yansun; Wei You; Han Xiong; Chen Xin; Wei Xuan · 11 passages

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父長壽，性雄豪，有武藝。 His father Changshou was a bold, formidable man skilled in arms.

孝昌中，朝議恐其為亂，乃以長壽為防蠻都督，給其鼓節，以慰其意。 During the Xiaochang era the court, fearing he would stir up rebellion, appointed Changshou commander for the defense against the tribes and bestowed on him drums and credentials of authority to win him over.

長壽冀因此遂得任用，亦盡其智力，防遏群蠻。 Changshou hoped this would lead to formal employment, and he threw all his wit and energy into holding the tribal peoples in check.

永安之後，盜賊蜂起，長壽乃招集叛亡，徒侶日盛。 After the Yong'an period unrest spread like swarming bees; Changshou gathered deserters and fugitives until his following grew daily.

授衛大將軍、北華州刺史，賜爵清河郡公。 He was made General of the Guard and governor of Beihua province and enfeoffed as Duke of Qinghe.

及魏孝武西遷，長壽率勵義士拒東魏。 When Emperor Xiaowu of Wei withdrew to the west, Changshou rallied loyal volunteers to resist Eastern Wei.

東魏遣行臺侯景率兵攻之，長壽衆少，城陷，遂遇害。 Eastern Wei sent its executive commissioner Hou Jing against him with an army; Changshou had too few men, his city fell, and he was killed.

少從長壽征討，以勇敢聞。 From youth he campaigned with Changshou and won renown for bravery.

及長壽被害，延孫乃還，收集其父之衆。 After Changshou was killed, Yansun came back and rallied his father's former forces.

慕李長壽之為人，遂娶長壽女，因寓居關南。 Admiring Li Changshou's character, he married Changshou's daughter and settled south of the passes.

及長壽被害，其子延孫收長壽餘衆，守禦東境。 After Changshou was killed, his son Yansun rallied the remnants of his father's forces and held the eastern frontier.