Li Hongzhi 李洪之

Other names

Family

• Kin of Emperor Xianzu (顯祖)
  maternal uncle 親舅 · Claimed parentage · maternal line · Through Empress Yuan (元后)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 36
• Sibling of Empress Yuan (元后)
  brother 兄 · Claimed parentage · Uncertain siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 34
• Sibling of Zhenzhi (珍之)
  brothers 昆季 · Claimed parentage
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 37
• Parent of Li Shen (神)
  father 父
  son 子
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 95, passage 80
• Spouse of Lady Zhang (張氏)
  wife 妻 · Primary marriage
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 60
• Spouse of Lady Liu (劉氏)
  wife 妻 · Secondary marriage
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passages 61-62

• Kinship Role sons by Lady Liu · Count 4
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 80
• Kinship Role sons and daughters · Quantity several dozen
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 60

Career and standing

• General of Hexi 河西都將
  AD 465 to AD 471 顯祖 · Appointed · At Bingzhou 并州
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 44
• joint supreme commander of the armies 總統諸軍
  AD 465 to AD 471 顯祖 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 43
• Administrator of Henei 河內太守
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 38
• Governor of Huaizhou 懷州刺史
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 42
• Grand Director of the Inner Court 內都大官
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 42
• Protector of the Army at Didao 狄道護軍
  AD 440 to AD 451 真君中 · Held
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 29

Places and affiliations

• Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passages 49, 66
• Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 29
• At Hengnong 恒農
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 27
• At Henei 河內 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passages 38-40

Learning and skills

• Belief Buddhism 沙門 · Relation Adherent of
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 28

Events and relationships

• Abandoned own clan attached to Zhenzhi
  Personal · Clansman · With Zhenzhi (珍之)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 78
• Bathed changed walked household thrice then drank poison
  AD 484 及臨自盡 · Personal · Subject
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 95, passages 71-72
• Brought Lady Liu west
  Personal · Official · With Lady Liu (劉氏) · At western provinces 西州
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 64
• Campaigned against Chipo Kelang Qiang
  Military · Commander · At mountain valleys of the Chipo Kelang Qiang 赤葩渴郎羌山谷
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passages 54-58
• Campaigned against Mountain Hu
  AD 465 to AD 471 顯祖 · Military · Commander · At Baiji Plain south of Shilou 石樓南白鷄原 · Outcome Hu submitted after Hongzhi offered generous terms instead of attack
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passages 44-47
• Discreetly restored ties with original clan
  Personal · Clansman
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 79

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment bold and long-suffering disposition · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 70
• Assessment exceeded bounds of cruelty in rooting out criminal factions · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 41
• Assessment never honest; frequently accepted bribes · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 65
• Assessment reputation for cruelty known at court and in the countryside · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 59
• Assessment skilled at governing frontier peoples with authority and kindness · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 59
• endured simultaneous moxibustion with cones nearly two inches across at more than ten points while conversing and receiving guests
  Physical endurance
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 70

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 27
• Secretly sent gifts to the two captured sisters of Empress Yuan, swore brotherhood with them, and thereafter treated one another as kin
  Related Persons two sisters of Empress Yuan 元后姊妹二人
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 31
• From Li Wentong 文通 · To Li Hongzhi 洪之 · Reason adopted name after learning names of Empress Yuan's southern brothers
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passages 27, 32