Overview
Li Dang was a general.
PeriodSui and Tang
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- AD 890 大順元年秋Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 205
- AD 889 to AD 890 攻澤州後Recalled, rebuked at court, and executed at He Bridge · Authority the Founder (太祖) · At He Bridge 河橋Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 173
Attested activity
- AD 884 to AD 890 唐中和四年五月至大順元年秋Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passages 194, 205
- AD 880 to AD 890 唐廣明初至東伐兗鄆後Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passages 166, 173
- AD 884 四年Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 129
- AD 890 張浚之加兵於太原Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 53, passage 39
Key source chapters
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 19 Volume 19 Book of Later Liang 19: Biographies 9: Shi Shucong, Zhu Yougong, Wang Zhongshi, Zhu Zhen, Li Si'an, Deng Jiyun, Huang Wenjing, Hu Gui, Li Dang, Li Zhongyin, Fan Jushi 10 passages
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 22 Volume 22 Book of Later Liang 22: Biographies 12: Yang Shihou, Niu Cunjie, Wang Tan 1 passage
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 53 Volume 53 Book of Later Tang 29: Biographies 5: Li Cunxin, Li Cunxiao, Li Cunjin, Li Cunzhang, Li Cunxian 1 passage
Career and standing
- Huang Chao general 巢將Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 129
- commander of the Left Victorious Virtue cavalry 左德勝騎軍都將Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 168
- inner privy commissioner 內樞密使Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 167
- Acting Right Vice Director 檢校右僕射AppointedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 170
- yuancong cavalry general 元從騎將AppointedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 170
Places and affiliations
- Later Liang 梁Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 53, passage 39
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passages 166, 168
- At Linjin in Hezhong 河中臨晉Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 164
Events and relationships
- Campaigned east against Yan and Yun; his men took many prisonersDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 170
- Defeated byDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 129
- Entered Huang Chao's service after Chao took Chang'anDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 166
- FledAD 890 張浚之加兵於太原 · Military · Commander · At Malaoshan 馬牢山Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 53, passage 39
- Followed the Founder against the Cai rebels and won meritDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 169
- Sent across the Taihang to support Prince of Chen Youyu's siege of Zezhou; disobeyed orders and had no meritDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passages 171-172
Show 4 more source-backed claims
- Surrendered to the Founder after Chao's army was defeatedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 168
- Relation Subordinate of · Person the Founder (太祖)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 204
- Relation Subordinate of · Person the Founder (太祖)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passages 168-169
- Relation Subordinate of · Person Huang Chao (黃巢)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passages 166-167
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment in youth bold, fierce, and strong, famed for loyalty among friends · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 165
- Attribute had once served eunuchs and knew the palace, which is why Chao made him inner privy commissionerDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 167
References in the histories
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