Overview
Li Guangyan was a general and Military Governor.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 811 to AD 817 元和間Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 173, passages 20-21
- AD 817 李光顏拔淩雲柵Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passage 90
- AD 814 to AD 817 王師逼郾城Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 249
- AD 821 to AD 822 硃克融、王廷湊亂河朔Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 173, passage 118
- AD 817 to AD 819 蔡平以後至河東之授Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 173, passage 95
- AD 818 to AD 819 詔諸軍進討Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passage 115
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Military Governor of Chenxu 陳許節度使HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 115
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 249; New Book of Tang 173, passage 20
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 173, passages 95, 118
- At Lingyun stockade 淩雲柵 · Relation CapturedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 90
Events and relationships
- Attacked Puyang and took stockadesMilitary · Commander · At Puyang 濮陽Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 115
- DefeatedMilitary · Commander · At Shiqu 時曲Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 21
- Failed to defeat rebelsAD 821 to AD 822 硃克融、王廷湊亂河朔 · Military · CommanderDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 118
- Acceptance of surrender · Recipient · With Deng Huaijin (鄧懷金)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 249
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment claw-and-fang-general · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Emperor Muzong (穆宗)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 118
- Assessment loyal and brave; will succeed · Mode named-source-report Speaker Pei Du (裴度)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 20
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 249; New Book of Tang 173, passages 20, 95, 118
References in the histories
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