Li Cunxin (李存信) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Cunxin was a general.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 894 乾寧元年三月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 53, passages 76, 79
AD 891 大順二年三月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 53, passage 57
AD 892 九月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 53, passages 67-68

Places and affiliations

Hedong 河東
Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 53, passage 57
AD 892 明年
At Liuli Marsh 琉璃陂 · Relation Encamped at
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 53, passage 67

Events and relationships

Camp raided
AD 892 九月 · Military · Commander · With Li Cunxiao (李存孝)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 53, passage 68
Marched through Jingxing
AD 891 大順二年三月 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 53, passage 57
Slandered
AD 891 大順二年三月 · Political · Slanderer · With Li Cunxiao (李存孝)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 53, passage 59
Relation Rival of · Person Li Cunxiao (李存孝)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 53, passage 59

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 · 6 passages

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武皇命存孝侵鎮、趙之南鄙，又令李存信、李存審率師出井陘以會之，並軍攻臨城、柏鄉。 who ordered Cunxiao to harry the southern marches of Zhen and Zhao while Li Cunxin and Li Cunshen marched through Jingxing Pass to join him. The united forces attacked Lincheng and Baixiang.

李存信與存孝不協，因構於武皇，言存孝望風退衄，無心擊賊，恐有私盟也。 Li Cunxin, at odds with Cunxiao, slandered him to the Martial Emperor, claiming he shrank from battle, lacked zeal against the enemy, and may have struck a private bargain.

李存信屯琉璃陂。 Li Cunxin camped at Liuli Marsh.

九月，存孝夜犯存信營，奉誠軍使孫考老被獲，存信軍亂。 In the ninth month Cunxiao struck Cunxin's camp at night, captured the Fengcheng commissioner Sun Kaolao, and threw Cunxin's army into chaos.

兒雖褊狹設計，實存信構陷至此，若得生見王面，一言而死，誠所甘心。」 Whatever schemes I devised, it was Cunxin who brought me to this pass. If I might see your face once more and speak a single word before I die, I would accept that gladly."

武皇叱之曰：「爾與王鎔書狀，罪我萬端，亦存信教耶！」 The Martial Emperor thundered at him: "Your letters to Wang Rong heaped ten thousand charges upon me—did Cunxin dictate those as well?!"