Li Cunba (李存霸) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Cunba as a military officer, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 9 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 Cunba	李存霸	Li Cunba
Given	Cunba	存霸	Cunba
Personal name	Li Cunba	李存霸	Li Cunba
Title	Prince Yong	永王	Yong Wang
Title	Sixth Lord	六相公	Liu Xianggong

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:031:s0009
Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0001

Roles

Military Officer
Official
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed by soldiers / 為軍卒所殺 · Place: Jinyang prefectural gate stele / 晉陽府門之碑下 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 莊宗敗 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0002, jiuwudaishi:051:s0009

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 同光三年 · Western Year: AD 925
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0001
Source Date: Text: 同光二年 · Western Year: AD 924
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:031:s0009
Source Date: Text: 莊宗敗 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:051:s0002, jiuwudaishi:051:s0001

Family

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Child of Mother of Zhuangzong (莊宗母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Line: maternal
Sibling of Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗)
Kinship Term: second younger brother / 第二弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Birth Order: 2 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half
Kinship Term: uterine younger brother / 同母弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger
Child of Li Keyong (李克用)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Northern Capital Protector / 北京留守 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0005
Label: Luzhou military commissioner / 潞州節度使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同光二年 · Western Year: AD 924
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:031:s0094
Label: Zhenwu military commissioner / 振武軍節度使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同光二年 · Western Year: AD 924
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:031:s0009
Label: military commissioner of Zhao-Yi, Tianping, and Hezhong / 昭義、天平、河中三軍節度使 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0004
Title: Prince Yong / 永王 · Action: enfeoffed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 同光三年 · Western Year: AD 925
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0001

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0007

Events and relationships

Kind: flight · Role: fugitive · Action: fled · Place: Jinyang / 晉陽 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 莊宗敗 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0006, jiuwudaishi:051:s0007

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 31Volume 31 Book of Later Tang 7: Zhuangzong Annals 5 · 2 passages

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戊申，以振武軍節度使、檢校太傅、同平章事李存霸權知潞州留後； On wushen Li Cunba of Zhenwu was made acting Lu prefect;

己丑，以振武軍節度使、權安義留後、檢校太傅、平章事李存霸為潞州節度使，以捧日都指揮使、鄭州防禦使李紹琛為陝州節度使，以成德軍馬步軍都指揮使、右監門衛大將軍毛璋為華州節度使。 On jichou Cunba took Luzhou, Li Shaochen Shanzhou, and Mao Zhang Huazhou.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 51Volume 51 Book of Later Tang 27: Biographies 3: Imperial Family · 7 passages

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永王存霸，武皇子，莊宗第二弟，同光三年封。 Prince Yong Cunba, a son of the Martial Emperor and Zhuangzong's second younger brother, received his princely title in Tongguang 3.

〈（《歐陽史》云：存霸曆昭義、天平、河中三軍節度使，居京師食俸祿而已。 (The Ouyang History records that Cunba had served in turn as military commissioner of the Zhao-Yi, Tianping, and Hezhong circuits, living in the capital on stipend alone.

趙在禮反，乃遣存霸於河中，莊宗再幸汜水，徙存霸北京留守。 When Zhao Zaili rose in revolt, Cunba was dispatched to Hezhong. Zhuangzong returned to Si River a second time and reassigned Cunba as Protector of the Northern Capital.

《通鑒》云：李紹榮欲奔河中就永王存霸，從兵稍散，存霸亦率眾千人棄鎮奔晉陽。 The Comprehensive Mirror adds that Li Shaorong meant to flee to Hezhong to reach Prince Yong Cunba, but his followers slowly melted away, and Cunba too abandoned his command with a thousand men and fled to Jinyang.

又云：存霸至晉陽，從兵逃散俱盡，存霸削髮僧服謁李彥超：「願為山僧，幸垂庇護。」 The text goes on to say that by the time Cunba reached Jinyang every one of his followers had deserted him. He shaved his head, put on monastic robes, and visited Li Yanchao, saying, "I wish only to be a mountain monk; please grant me your protection."

軍士爭欲殺之，彥超曰：「六相公來，當奏取進止。」 The troops clamored to kill him, but Li Yanchao said, "The Sixth Lord has arrived; I must submit a report and await instructions."

〈（《歐陽史》，存渥與存霸、存紀皆莊宗同母弟。）〉 (The Ouyang History adds that Cunwo, like Cunba and Cunji, was Zhuangzong's uterine younger brother.)〉