Sui and Tang · General

Li Cunxin 李存信

Attested AD 884 - AD 896

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Cunxin was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 896 乾寧三年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 35, passages 23-24, 26
AD 884 to AD 892 時李存信為蕃漢大將
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 6

Career and standing

overall Han and non-Han general 蕃漢大將
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 6

Events and relationships

Encamped
AD 896 乾寧三年 · Military · Commander · At Shen county 莘縣
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 23

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 35Volume 35 Book of Later Tang 11: Mingzong Annals 1 · 4 passages

時李存信為蕃漢大將，每總兵征討，師多不利，武皇遂選帝副之，所向克捷。 Li Cunxin, Han and non-Han overall commander, often lost on campaign; Wuhuang paired Siyuan with him and thereafter the columns won.

武皇先遣騎將李承嗣、史儼援之，復遣李存信將兵三萬屯於莘縣。 Wuhuang first sent Li Chengsi and Shi Yan with horse, then Li Cunxin with thirty thousand men to Shen.

聞汴軍益盛，攻兗甚急，存信遣帝率三百騎而往，敗汴軍於任城，遂解兗州之圍。 As Bian pressure mounted on Yan, Cunxin sent Siyuan with three hundred horse; he routed Bian forces at Rencheng and lifted the siege of Yan.

其年，魏帥羅宏信背盟，襲破李存信於莘縣，帝奮命殿軍而還，武皇嘉其功，即以所屬五百騎號曰「橫衝都」； That year Luo Hongxin of Wei broke faith and routed Li Cunxin at Shen; Siyuan fought a desperate rearguard, and Wuhuang rewarded him by naming his five hundred horse the "Hengchong Command";