Li Cunji (李存紀) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Cunji as a military officer and royal family member. This record brings together 4 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 Cunji	李存紀	Li Cunji
Personal name	Cunji	存紀	Cunji
Given	Cunji	存紀	Cunji
Personal name	Li Cunji	李存紀	Li Cunji
Title	Prince Ya	雅王	Ya Wang
Descriptive kinship	the Emperor's brother Cunji	皇弟存紀

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:031:s0048, jiuwudaishi:051:s0037

Roles

Military Officer
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed by Huo Yanwei / 為霍彥威所殺 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 莊宗敗 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0038

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 同光三年 · Western Year: AD 925
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Source Date: Text: 同光二年 · Western Year: AD 924
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:031:s0048
Source Date: Text: 莊宗敗 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:051:s0038, jiuwudaishi:051:s0037

Family

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Sibling of Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗)
Kinship Term: imperial younger brother / 皇弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
Kinship Term: seventh younger brother / 第七弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Birth Order: 7 · Shared Parentage: full
Kinship Term: uterine younger brother / 同母弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger
Child of Mother of Zhuangzong (莊宗母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Line: maternal
Child of Li Keyong (李克用)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Title: Prince Ya / 雅王 · Action: enfeoffed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 同光三年 · Western Year: AD 925
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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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乃以皇子繼岌為亞獻，皇弟存紀為終獻。 Jiji was made second libationer and Cunji final libationer.

以北京皇城留守、檢校太保、左威衛上將軍李存紀為邢州節度使，加檢校太傅； Li Cunji, northern-capital imperial-city commandant, honorary Grand Guardian, and Left Awe Guard senior general, became military governor of Xing Prefecture and was additionally made honorary Grand Mentor;

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 51Volume 51 Book of Later Tang 27: Biographies 3: Imperial Family · 2 passages

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〈（《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.)〉

通王存確，莊宗第六弟，雅王存紀，莊宗第七弟，同光三年封。 Prince Tong Cunque, Zhuangzong's sixth younger brother, and Prince Ya Cunji, his seventh, both received their titles in Tongguang 3.