Sui and Tang · General; courtesy Guangda; Duke of Chengyang; chief of staff who defeated Ishbara Qaghan at Baidao, AD 583; poisoned

Li Che 李徹

Died c. AD 599

Passages
18
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Che as an aristocrat, general, and military officer. This record brings together 18 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Li Che 李徹 Li Che
Courtesy name Guangda 廣達
Personal name Li Che 李徹

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Military Officer

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後出怨言,上聞而召之 · Western Year: c. AD 599 · Manner: poisoned · Authority Person Id: Emperor Wen (高祖) · Detail: summoned by the emperor, entertained in the inner chamber, then given poisoned wine to drink after voicing resentment
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0209

Attested activity

Family

Immediate source-linked family. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom, and select a person to open their record.

  • Child of Anyuan (安遠)
    Kinship Term: illegitimate son / 孽子 · Inverse: true · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Child of He (和)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Anyuan (安遠)
    Kinship Term: illegitimate son / 孽子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Spouse of Wife of Li Che (宇文氏)
    Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
    Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife

Career and standing

  • Label: chief of staff (zhangshi) to the supreme commander / 長史 · Action: appointed · Authority Person Id: Emperor Wen (高祖) · With Person Id: Prince Wei Shuang (衛王爽) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年,突厥沙缽略可汗犯塞 · Western Year: AD 583
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0189
  • Label: overseer of all military affairs of Prince Jin's household / 總晉王府軍事 · Action: appointed · Authority Person Id: Emperor Wen (高祖) · With Person Id: Jin Guang (晉王廣)
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0186
  • Label: Campaign Commander / 行軍總管 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 未幾,沙缽略為阿拔所侵 · Western Year: c. AD 583
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0201
  • Label: Chief Administrator to the Area Commander of Yangzhou / 揚州總管司馬 · Action: appointed · With Person Id: Jin Guang (晉王廣)
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0205
  • Label: General of Chariots and Cavalry and Grand Master with Equal Honor to the Three Excellencies / 車騎大將軍、儀同三司 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0172
  • Label: Governor of Huaizhou / 淮州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0182
  • Label: Palace Attendant Major / 殿中司馬 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0169
  • Label: Senior Opening of a Government Office / 上開府 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 髙祖受禪 · Western Year: AD 581
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0183
  • Label: the Opening of a Government Office / 開府 · Action: granted
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0180
  • Label: Campaign Commander garrisoning Pingliang / 行軍總管屯平涼 · Action: held
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0203
  • Label: Commandant of the Imperial Carriages / 奉車都尉 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0169
  • Label: Grand General-in-Chief / 上大將軍 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0198
  • Label: General of the Left Martial Guard / 左武衞將軍 · Action: summoned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 歳餘 · Western Year: c. AD 582
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0184
  • Label: Governor of Yunzhou / 雲州刺史 · Action: transferred
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0183
  • Title: Duke of Qi'an Commandery / 齊安郡公 · Action: advanced
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0186
  • Title: Viscount of Tongchang County / 同昌縣男 · Action: enfeoffed · Fief Households: 300 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武帝時 · Western Year: AD 576
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0173
  • Title: Duke of Caiyang County / 蔡陽縣公 · Action: enfeoffed · Fief Households: 1000
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0180
  • Title: Duke of Andao Commandery / 安道郡公 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0203
  • Title: Pillar of the State / 柱國 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開皇十年 · Western Year: AD 590
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0204
  • Title: Duke of Chengyang Commandery / 城陽郡公 · Action: re-enfeoffed
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0206
  • Title: Duke of Deguang Commandery / 德廣郡公 · Action: re-enfeoffed
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0205
  • Status: distrusted-and-sidelined · Reason: long friendship with Gao Jiong, who fell from grace · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 左僕射高熲之得罪也 · Western Year: AD 599
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0208

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: career · Role: subordinate · Action: accompanied-in-office · Other Person Id: Yuwen Xun (宇文訓) · Place: Puzhou / 蒲州 · Authority Person Id: Yuwen Hu (宇文護)
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0171
  • Kind: military · Role: strategist · Action: alone-endorsed-and-joined-plan-of · Other Person Id: Li Chong (李充) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 遇虜于白道 · Western Year: AD 583
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0195
  • Kind: military · Role: subordinate-commander · Action: campaigned-with · Other Person Id: Emperor Xuan (宣帝) · Place: Tuyuhun / 吐谷渾 · Authority Person Id: Emperor Wu (武帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武帝時,從皇太子西征吐谷渾 · Western Year: AD 576
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0173
  • Kind: military · Role: subordinate-commander · Action: campaigned-with · With Person Id: Emperor Wu (武帝) · Place: Jinzhou / 晉州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後從帝拔晉州 · Western Year: AD 576
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0174
  • Kind: military · Role: subordinate-commander · Action: defeated-and-captured · Other Person Id: Gao Jie (髙湝) · With Person Id: Emperor Wu (武帝) · Place: Fen River, Gaobi, Jinyang, Jizhou / 汾北、髙壁、晉陽、冀州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 復從帝破齊師於汾北 · Western Year: AD 577
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0179
  • Kind: military · Role: military-commander · Action: defeated · Place: Turks / 突厥 · Detail: again served as Campaign Commander and routed a further Turkic raid
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0207
  • Kind: military · Role: subordinate-commander · Action: fought-fiercely-and-preserved-army-of · Other Person Id: Prince of Qi Xian (齊王憲) · With Person Id: Yang Su (楊素) · Detail: fought alongside Yang Su and Yuwen Qing after Xian's army was defeated by Gao Wei's forces, preserving Xian's army intact · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 憲師敗 · Western Year: AD 576
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0178
  • Kind: military · Role: subordinate-commander · Action: garrisoned-with · Other Person Id: Prince of Qi Xian (齊王憲) · Place: Jiqiyuan / 雞棲原 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及帝班師 · Western Year: AD 576
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0175
  • Kind: military · Role: military-commander · Action: led-relief-force-against · Other Person Id: Aba (阿拔) · With Person Id: Shabolue (沙缽略可汗) · Detail: led 10,000 elite cavalry to relieve Ishbara Qaghan against Aba's invasion
  • Kind: military · Role: subordinate-commander · Action: led-surprise-attack-and-routed · Other Person Id: Shabolue (沙缽略可汗) · With Person Id: Li Chong (李充) · Place: Baidao / 白道 · Detail: led 5,000 elite cavalry in a surprise attack that completely routed Ishbara Qaghan's forces · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 遇虜于白道 · Western Year: AD 583
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0196
  • Kind: military · Role: vanguard · Action: served-as-vanguard-for · With Person Id: Wei Xiaokuan (韋孝寬) · Place: Huainan / 淮南 · Authority Person Id: Emperor Xuan (宣帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宣帝卽位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 578 · End: AD 579
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0181
  • Kind: social · Role: protege · Action: was-recruited-as-trusted-intimate-by · Other Person Id: Yuwen Hu (宇文護)
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0169

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: Yuwen Hu treated him with great courtesy, considering him careful, honest, and talented · Provenance: Mode: narrator-report
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0170
  • Kind: character · Statement: resolute and firm by nature, capable and able, imposing in bearing, skilled in many martial arts
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0168

References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 54Volume 54 Biographies 19: Wang Zhangshu, Li Yan, Yi Louqian, Tian Rengong, Yuan Heng, Du Zheng, Li Che, Cui Peng · 18 passages