Li Hanzhi (李罕之) | 24 Histories

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Li Hanzhi was a warlord.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 887 to AD 888 分據河陽、洛陽以附於梁
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 7

Assessments and attributes

Assessment greedy and violent, living by daily plunder · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 8

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 45Volume 45 Miscellaneous Biographies 25: Zhang Quanyi, Zhu Youqian, Yuan Xiangxian, Zhu Hanbin, Duan Ning, Liu Qi, Zhou Zhiyu, Lu Siduo · 8 passages

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仲方為孫儒所逐，全義與李罕之分據河陽、洛陽以附於梁，二人相得甚歡。 Sun Ru drove out Zhongfang. Quanyi and Li Hanzhi split Heyang and Luoyang and came over to Liang. The two were fast friends.

然罕之性貪暴，日以寇鈔為事。 Hanzhi was greedy and brutal; every day was for raiding and loot.

以故，罕之常乏食，而全義常有餘。 So Hanzhi went hungry while Quanyi’s granaries stayed full.

罕之仰給全義，全義不能給，二人因有隙。 Hanzhi lived on Quanyi’s grain until Quanyi could give no more; then the friendship cracked.

罕之出兵攻晉、絳，全義襲取河陽，罕之奔晉，晉遣兵助罕之，圍全義甚急。 Hanzhi marched against Jin and Jiang Prefectures. Quanyi struck behind him and seized Heyang. Hanzhi fled to Jin, whose troops came to his aid and pressed Quanyi hard in siege.

全義乞兵於梁，梁遣牛存節、丁會等以兵萬人自九鼎渡河，擊敗罕之於沇水，晉軍解去。 Quanyi cried to Liang for men. Niu Cunjie and Ding Hui crossed at Jiuding with ten thousand troops, smashed Hanzhi on the Yan River, and Jin pulled away.

其子繼祚憤恥不自勝，欲剚刃太祖，全義止之曰：「吾為李罕之兵圍河陽，啖木屑以為食，惟有一馬，欲殺以餉軍，死在朝夕，而梁兵擊之，得至今日，此恩不可忘也。」 His son Jizu burned with shame and reached for a knife. Quanyi caught his arm: “Hanzhi had me penned at Heyang eating sawdust. One horse left—I meant to slaughter it for the men. I was as good as dead when Liang broke the siege. Do not forget that debt.”

初，全義為李罕之所敗，其弟全武及其家屬為晉兵所得，晉王給以田宅，待之甚厚，全義常陰遣人通問於太原。 When Hanzhi beat him once, his brother Quanwu and kin fell to Jin. Li Keyong gave them land and kept them well. Quanyi still sent quiet word to Taiyuan.