Li Congzhang (李從璋)

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Li Congzhang was a Military commissioner.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 930 己亥
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 203
AD 930 壬辰
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 131
AD 930 to AD 932 安重誨…矯詔
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 28
AD 926 to AD 933 明宗朝
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 66, passage 58
AD 926 辛巳
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 157
AD 932 長興三年十一月己亥
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 189

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AD 931 長興二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 81

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Career and standing

Shan military commissioner 陝州節度使
AD 930 己亥 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 203
Left Bold Cavalry senior general 左驍衛上將軍
AD 930 壬辰 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 131
inner-palace commissioner 大內皇城使
AD 926 辛巳 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 157
prefect of Rao 饒州刺史
AD 926 辛巳 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 157
former Huazhou military commissioner 前滑州節度使
AD 930 壬辰 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 131
Left Wing horse-and-foot commander of the Support-the-Sacred Strict Guard 捧聖嚴衛左廂馬步軍都指揮使
AD 926 辛巳 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 157

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Hezhong military commissioner 河中節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 189
Left Bold Cavalry senior general 左驍衛上將軍
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 203
Hezhong garrison; formerly Shanzhou military commissioner 移鎮河中、陝州節度使
AD 931 長興二年 · Transferred
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 81
honorary Grand Mentor 檢校太傅
Advanced
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 189

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 157; Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 131; Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 189
AD 930 己亥
At Shan 陝州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 203
AD 926 辛巳
At Raozhou 饒州 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 157
Organization Support-the-Sacred Strict Guard 捧聖嚴衛 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 157

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 36Volume 36 Book of Later Tang 12: Mingzong Annals 2 · 1 passage

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辛巳，以捧聖嚴衛左廂馬步軍都指揮使李從璋領饒州刺史，充大內皇城使。 On xinsi Li Congzhang, Left Wing commander of the Support-the-Sacred Guard, became Rao prefect and inner-palace commissioner.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 41Volume 41 Book of Later Tang 17: Mingzong Annals 7 · 2 passages

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壬辰，以前滑州節度使李從璋為左驍衛上將軍。 On renchen Li Congzhang became left bold cavalry senior general.

己亥，以左驍衛上將軍李從璋為陝州節度使，陝州節度使劉彥琮移鎮邠州。 On jihai Li Congzhang of the Left Bold Cavalry became Shan commissioner; Liu Yancong of Shan moved to Bin.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 1 passage

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壬辰，陝州節度使李從璋移鎮河中。 On renchen Li Congzhang of Shan moved to Hezhong.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 43Volume 43 Book of Later Tang 19: Mingzong Annals 9 · 1 passage

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己亥，河中節度使李從璋加檢校太傅，以右散騎常侍楊凝式為工部侍郎。 On jihai Li Congzhang of Hezhong became honorary grand mentor; Yang Ningshi became works vice minister.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66 Book of Later Tang 42: Biographies 8: an Zhonghui, Zhu Hongzhao, Zhu Hongshi, Kang Yicheng, Yao Yanchou, Song Lingxun · 4 passages

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既至，李從璋自率甲士圍其第，仍拜重誨於其庭，重誨下階迎拜曰：「太傅過禮。」 Li Congzhang surrounded the house with troops yet bowed in the courtyard; Chonghui descended to return the bow, saying, "Grand Mentor, too much honor."

俯首方拜，從璋以楇擊其首，其妻驚走抱之，曰：「令公死亦不遲，太傅何遽如此！」 Mid-bow Congzhang smashed his head with a mace; his wife rushed to shield him crying, "Lord An need not die yet—Grand Mentor, why such haste!"

及從璋疏重誨家財不及數千緡，議者以重誨有經綸社稷之大功，然誌大才短，不能回避權寵，親禮士大夫，求周身輔國之遠圖，而悉自恣胸襟，果貽顛覆。 His estate proved worth only a few thousand strings; critics said he had saved the dynasty yet aimed too high, clung to power, failed to court the literati or plan for safety, indulged his pride, and was ruined.

《五代史闕文》：明宗令翟光鄴、李從璋誅重誨於河中私第，從璋奮楇擊重誨於地，重誨曰：「某死無恨，但恨不與官家誅得潞王，他日必為朝廷之患。」 (The 《Lost Texts of the History of the Five Dynasties》: Mingzong ordered Zhai Guangye and Li Congzhang to kill Chonghui at his Hedong mansion; Congzhang felled him with a mace; Chonghui said, "I die without regret—only that I did not help the Emperor kill the Prince of Lu; he will plague the court hereafter."

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 7Volume 7 Later Tang Annals 4: Deposed Emperors · 2 passages

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又徙王為北京留守，不降制書而宣授，又以李從璋為代。 They shifted the prince to Taiyuan as metropolitan defender—by word of mouth, with no written patent—and installed Li Congzhang at Fengxiang in his place.

初，安重誨得罪罷河中，以從璋為代，而重誨見殺，故王益自疑，遂據城反。 Congzhang had once succeeded An Chonghui at Hezhong when Chonghui fell. Chonghui’s execution only deepened the prince’s fears; he closed Fengxiang and rose in arms.