Li Congjing (李從璟)

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Congjing as a military officer and royal family member. This record brings together 8 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Li Congjing	李從璟	Li Congjing
Personal name	Congjing	從璟	Congjing
Alternate name	Congshen	從審	Congshen
Changed name	Jijing	繼璟	Jijing
Personal	Jijing	繼璟	Jijing

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0083
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:070:s0039

Roles

Military Officer
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed · Authority Person Id: Yuan Xingqin (元行欽)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:070:s0041
Manner: killed by Yuan Xingqin / 為元行欽所殺 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 莊宗敗 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0088

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 同光四年 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:070:s0039
Source Date: Text: 天成初 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0089
Source Date: Text: 莊宗敗 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:051:s0084, jiuwudaishi:051:s0088

Family

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Child of Li Siyuan (李嗣源)
Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Object Birth Order: 1
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: commander of the Golden Spear Guard / 金槍指揮使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0084
Label: posthumous Grand Preceptor / 贈太保 · Action: received · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天成初 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0089

Events and relationships

Relation: adopted-as-son-by · Person Id: Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0087

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: loyal unto death at lord's side · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0196

Source notes

From: Congjing / 從璟 · To: Jijing / 繼璟 · By Person Id: Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0087

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 51Volume 51 Book of Later Tang 27: Biographies 3: Imperial Family · 6 passages

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從璟，明宗長子，性忠勇沈厚，摧堅陷陣，人罕偕焉。 Congjing, Mingzong's eldest son, was loyal, brave, and steady by nature; in smashing enemy lines few could stand beside him.

明宗在魏府為軍士所逼，莊宗詔從璟曰：「爾父於國有大功，忠孝之心，朕自明信，今為亂兵所劫，爾宜自去宣朕旨，無令有疑。」 When Mingzong at Weifu was seized by mutinous troops, Zhuangzong sent Congjing this command: "Your father has rendered great service to the state, and I trust his loyalty without question. He is now held by rebellious soldiers. Go yourself and proclaim my will so that no suspicion remains."

從璟行至中途，為元行欽所製，復與歸洛下。 Congjing had not gone far when Yuan Xingqin seized him and brought him back to Luoyang.

莊宗改其名為繼璟，以為己子，命再往，從璟固執不行，願死於御前，以明丹赤。 Zhuangzong renamed him Jijing and treated him as a son, then ordered him to go again. Congjing refused outright, saying he would rather die before the throne than leave his loyalty in doubt.

從莊宗赴汴州，明宗之親舊多策馬而去，左右或勸從璟令自脫，終無行意，尋為元行欽所殺。 When Zhuangzong marched toward Bianzhou, many of Mingzong's kinsmen and old friends rode away. His attendants urged Congjing to flee on his own, but he would not budge, and soon Yuan Xingqin killed him.

從審感厚遇之恩，無苟免之意，死於君側，得不謂之忠乎！ Congshen repaid generous treatment with loyalty, refusing any easy escape, and died at his lord's side. Can this be called anything but faithful devotion?

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 70Volume 70 Book of Later Tang 46: Biographies 22: Yuan Xingqin, Xia Luqi, Yao Hong, Li Yan, Li Renju, Kang Sili, Zhang Jingda · 2 passages

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因令白從訓與明宗子繼璟至軍前，欲令見明宗，行欽縶繼璟於路。 He sent Bai Congxun and Mingzong's son Jijing to the front so they could meet Mingzong, but Xingqin seized Jijing on the way.

及莊宗出成皋，知明宗在黎陽，復令繼璟渡河召明宗，行欽即殺之，仍勸班師。 When Zhuangzong advanced from Chenggao and learned that Mingzong was at Liyang, he again ordered Jijing to cross the river and summon him. Xingqin killed Jijing on the spot and pressed for a general withdrawal.