Li Cunjin (李存進) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Cunjin was a general and Adopted Son.

Life and dates

Death

AD 921 to AD 922 存進亦歿於陣
Killed in battle · At Dongyuan Ford bridge 東垣渡
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 154

Attested activity

AD 921 to AD 922 乃以存進代嗣昭
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 152

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Han Shao (漢韶)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 156

Career and standing

overall commander / 招討使招討使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 152
Grand Commandant 太尉
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 155

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 152

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies of Righteous Sons 16: Li Sizhao, Li Siben, Li Si'en, Li Cunxin, Li Cunxiao, Li Cunjin, Li Cunzhang, Li Cunxian · 3 passages

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晉討張文禮於鎮州，久不克，而史建瑭、閻寶、李嗣昭相次戰歿，乃以存進代嗣昭為招討使，軍於東垣渡。 Jin besieged Zhang Wenli at Zhenzhou without success; Shi Jiantang, Yan Bao, and Li Sizhao fell in turn; Cunjin replaced Sizhao as commander and camped at Dongyuan Ford.

東垣土惡，築壘不能就，存進伐木為柵。 Dongyuan’s ground was foul and walls would not stand; Cunjin cut timber for stockades.

晉軍晨出芻牧，文禮子處球以兵千餘逼存進柵，存進出戰橋上，殺處球兵殆盡，而存進亦歿於陣。 At dawn Jin herded fodder; Wenli’s son Chuchiu hit the stockade with a thousand men; Cunjin met him on the bridge, wiped out nearly all his troops, and fell in the fight.