Li Guangbi (李光弼) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Guangbi as a general. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Li Guangbi	李光弼	Li Guāngbì
Personal name	Li Guangbi	光弼	Guāngbì
Personal name	Li Guangbi	李光弼	Li Guangbi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0134
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:161:s0108

Roles

General

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 李光弼表 · Western Interval: Start: AD 755 · End: AD 762
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:161:s0108
Source Date: Text: 至德寶應 · Western Interval: Start: AD 756 · End: AD 762
Explicit event contextual date · jiutangshu:130:s0134

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 130Volume 126 Biographies 76: Li Kui, Li Han, Chen Shaoyou, Lu Yue, Pei Xu · 1 passage

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長卿嘗任租庸使，為吳仲孺所困，崔眾供軍吝財，為光弼所殺，故言及之，佶大懼，不敢固護，財帛將轉輸入京師者，悉為少遊奪之。 Liu Changqing had once been transport commissioner and was ruined by Wu Zhongru; Cui Zhong had hoarded army funds and was executed by Li Guangbi. Ji was terrified and did not resist. All funds bound for the capital were seized by Shaoyou.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 161Volume 161 Biographies 86: Zhang, Zhao, Li, Zheng, Xu, Wang, Feng, Yu · 1 passage

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李光弼表為武寧府判官，遷沂州刺史，諭降賊李浩五千人。 Li Guangbi memorialized him as executive officer of the Wuning headquarters; he was transferred to prefect of Yizhou and persuaded five thousand rebels under Li Hao to surrender.