Sui and Tang · Official

Li Gongdu 李公度

Attested AD 806

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Gongdu was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 806 元和初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passage 59

Events and relationships

Installed
Political · Kingmaker · With Li Shidao (李師道)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 63
Relation Confidant of · Person Li Shigu (李師古)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 59

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 213Volume 213 Biographies 138: Buffer Regions: the Black, Green, and Yellow Seas · 2 passages

師古病，召親近高沐、李公度等曰：「即我不諱，欲以誰嗣？」 As Shigu lay dying he called in his confidants Gao Mu and Li Gongdu and asked, "When I am gone, whom should succeed me?"

及死，沐、公度與家奴卒立之，而請於朝。 After his death, Gao Mu and Li Gongdu, with the household guard, installed Shidao and petitioned the throne for confirmation.