Overview
Li Congrong was a Royal Family Member.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
AD 933 長興四年十一月壬辰
Killed after failed coup
Attested activity
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
Places and affiliations
- Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
References in the histories
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 44Volume 44 Book of Later Tang 20: Mingzong Annals 10 · 4 passages
壬辰，天下大元帥、守尚書令、兼侍中、秦王從榮領兵陣於天津橋，內出禁軍拒之。
On renchen Congrong, Grand Marshal, Acting Director of the Department of State Affairs, Palace Attendant, and Prince of Qin, drew up his troops at the Tianjin Bridge; the palace guard marched out to oppose him.
從榮敗奔河南府，遇害。
Congrong was defeated, fled to the Henan prefectural seat, and was killed.
時宰相、樞密使共議任讚等已下罪，馮道等曰：「任讚前在班行，比與從榮無舊，除官未及月餘，便逢此禍。
The Grand Counsellors and Military Affairs Commissioners then debated the guilt of Ren Zan and the others. Feng Dao said, "Ren Zan had long served at court and had no prior tie to Congrong; he had held office less than a month when this calamity struck him.
從榮所款昵者高輦、劉陟、王說三人，昨從榮稱兵指闕之際，沿路隻與劉陟、高輦並轡耳語，至天津橋南，指日影謂諸判官曰：『明日如今，已誅王居敏矣。』
Congrong's intimates were Gao Nian, Liu Sheng, and Wang Yue. When he marched on the palace he rode whispering only with Liu Sheng and Gao Nian; south of the Tianjin Bridge he pointed at the sun and told his adjutants, 'By this hour tomorrow Wang Jumin will be dead.'