Li Cunyi (李存乂) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Cunyi as a military officer, named individual, and royal family member. This record brings together 10 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Li Cunyi	李存乂	Li Cunyi
Given	Cunyi	存乂	Cunyi
Personal	Cunyi	存乂
Personal	Cunyi	存乂	Cunyi
Title	imperial younger brother	皇弟
Personal name	Li Cunyi	李存乂	Li Cunyi
Title	Prince Mu	睦王	Mu Wang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:031:s0090, xinwudaishi:012:s0170
Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0023, xinwudaishi:037:s0072

Roles

Military Officer
Named Individual
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: executed by Zhuangzong / 為莊宗所殺 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 莊宗敗 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0026, jiuwudaishi:051:s0028
Manner: execution
Explicit · xinwudaishi:037:s0073

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 同光 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:012:s0170
Source Date: Text: 同光三年 · Western Year: AD 925
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0023
Source Date: Text: 同光二年 · Western Year: AD 924
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:031:s0090
Source Date: Text: 魏王繼岌已破蜀 · Western Year: AD 925
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:037:s0072

Family

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Kin of Guo Chongtao (郭崇韜)
Kinship Term: son-in-law / 壻 · Subject Role: son-in-law · Object Role: father-in-law · Intermediary Person Ids: Daughter of Guo Chongtao (郭崇韜女)
Parent of Guo Congqian (郭從謙)
Kinship Term: adopted son / 養子 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Sibling of Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗)
Kinship Term: imperial younger brother / 皇弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: fifth younger brother / 第五弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Birth Order: 5 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half
Child of Mother of Cunyi (存乂母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Line: maternal
Spouse of Daughter of Guo Chongtao (郭崇韜女)
Kinship Term: son-in-law / 壻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: active
Kinship Term: son-in-law/husband / 婿 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
Child of Li Keyong (李克用)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Jinzhou military commissioner / 晉州節度使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同光二年 · Western Year: AD 924
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:031:s0090
Label: military commissioner of Fuzhou / 鄜州節度使 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0026
Title: Prince Mu / 睦王 · Action: enfeoffed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 同光三年 · Western Year: AD 925
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0023
Status: imprisonment · Action: imprisoned · Authority Person Id: Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗)
Explicit · xinwudaishi:037:s0072, xinwudaishi:037:s0073
Status: execution · Action: suffered · Authority Person Id: Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0026

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · xinwudaishi:037:s0072

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 31Volume 31 Book of Later Tang 7: Zhuangzong Annals 5 · 1 passage

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以前安國軍節度副使、檢校太保、左衛上將軍李存乂為晉州節度使、檢校太傅； former Anguo Army deputy military governor, honorary Grand Guardian, and Left Guard senior general Li Cunyi became military governor of Jin Prefecture and honorary Grand Mentor;

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 51Volume 51 Book of Later Tang 27: Biographies 3: Imperial Family · 4 passages

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睦王存乂，莊宗第五弟，同光三所封。 Prince Mu Cunyi, Zhuangzong's fifth younger brother, was enfeoffed in Tongguang 3.

〈（《北夢瑣言》云：莊宗異母弟存乂，以郭崇韜女婿伏誅。 (Beimeng Suoyan records that Cunyi, Zhuangzong's half-brother, was put to death for being married to Guo Chongtao's daughter.

莊宗令閹人察訪外事，言存乂於諸將坐上訴郭氏之無罪，其言怨望。 Zhuangzong sent eunuchs to spy on affairs beyond the palace, and they reported that seated among the generals Cunyi had argued for the Guo family's innocence in tones full of resentment.

皇弟存乂常朋淫於其家，至是與存乂並罹其禍。）〉 Prince Cunyi was a habitual reveler at Yang's house; now Yang and Cunyi alike fell victim to the same purge.)〉

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Later Zhou Annals 3: Shizong, Emperor Gong · 1 passage

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梁之友珪反，唐戕克宁而杀存乂、从璨，则父子骨肉之恩，几何其不绝矣。 When Liang’s Yougui rebelled, Later Tang slew Kening and put Cunyi and Congcan to death—the tie between father and son, bone and blood, was all but severed.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 37Volume 37 Biographies 17: · 4 passages

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皇弟存乂，崇韜之壻也，進讒於莊宗曰：「存乂且反，為婦翁報仇。」 Imperial brother Cunyi was Chongtao’s son-in-law; Jin whispered to Zhuangzong: “Cunyi will rise to avenge his wife’s father.”

從謙以姓郭，拜崇韜為叔父，而皇弟存乂又以從謙為養子。 Congqian was a Guo by birth and called Chongtao uncle; imperial brother Cunyi had adopted him as a son.

崇韜死，存乂見囚，從謙置酒軍中，憤然流涕，稱此二人之冤。 When Chongtao was dead and Cunyi in chains, Congqian feasted his troops, wept, and cried out at the wrong done to both men.

莊宗戲從謙曰：「汝党存乂、崇韜負我，又教王溫反。 Zhuangzong teased Congqian: “Your friends Cunyi and Chongtao betrayed me, and you set Wang Wen on the path of treason.