Li Cunxiao (李存孝) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Cunxiao was a general.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 892 to AD 893 景福中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 53, passage 202

Career and standing

Became
Rebel
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 53, passage 202

Assessments and attributes

Assessment valor enough to lead three armies; would have been a good general had he not rebelled · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 53, passage 202

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 53Volume 53 Book of Later Tang 29: Biographies 5: Li Cunxin, Li Cunxiao, Li Cunjin, Li Cunzhang, Li Cunxian · 1 passage

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惟存孝之勇，足以冠三軍而長萬夫，苟不為叛臣，則可謂良將矣。 Only Cunxiao's valor was fit to lead all three armies and command ten thousand men. Had he not turned rebel, he might truly have been counted among the great generals.