Li Congzhang (李從璋)

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Congzhang as a general, military officer, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 7 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Li Congzhang	李從璋	Li Congzhang
Given	Congzhang	從璋	Cóngzhāng
Given	Congzhang	從璋	Congzhang
Title	Grand Mentor	太傅	Tàifù
Personal	Li Congzhang	李從璋
Personal	Li Congzhang	李從璋	Lǐ Cóngzhāng
Personal name	Li Congzhang	李從璋	Li Congzhang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0028
Value: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:042:s0081, jiuwudaishi:066:s0058

Roles

General
Military Officer
Official
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 安重誨…矯詔 · Western Interval: Start: AD 930 · End: AD 932
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:007:s0028
Source Date: Text: 明宗朝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 926 · End: AD 933
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:066:s0058
Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:042:s0081

Career and standing

Label: Hezhong garrison; formerly Shanzhou military commissioner / 移鎮河中、陝州節度使 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:042:s0081

References in the histories

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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 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.