Li Cunxin (李存信) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Cunxin was a general and Adopted Son.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 891 to AD 894 存孝素與存信有隙
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 123

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Taizu (太祖)
adopted son 養子 · Adoptive parentage · paternal line
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 123
Sibling of Li Cunxiao (李存孝)
fellow adopted son 養子 · Adoptive siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 123

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Taizu (太祖)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 123

Events and relationships

Relation Rival of · Person Li Cunxiao (李存孝)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 123

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 · 5 passages

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存孝素與存信有隙，存信譖之曰：「存孝有二心，常避趙不擊。」 Cunxiao and Cunxin had long hated each other; Cunxin whispered: "Cunxiao is disloyal—he skirts Zhao and will not strike."

城中食盡，登城呼曰：「兒蒙王恩，位至將相，豈欲舍父子而附仇讎，乃存信構陷之耳。 When the stores were gone he climbed the wall and cried: “I owed the Prince everything, rose to general and minister—would I trade father and son for a foe? Cunxin set this trap.

劉夫人引與俱來，存孝泥首請罪曰：「兒於晉有功而無過，所以至此，由存信為之耳！」 Lady Liu brought him out; Cunxiao groveled and pleaded: "I served Jin with merit and no crime—Cunxin alone drove me to this!"

太祖叱曰：「爾為書檄，罪我百端，亦存信為之邪？」 Taizu roared: “You drafted letters blaming me on every count—was Cunxin writing those too?”

康君立素與存信相善，方二人之交惡也，君立每左右存信以傾之。 Kang Junli favored Cunxin; while the feud burned, Junli always backed Cunxin to topple Cunxiao.