Li Jianji (李建及) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Jianji as a general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 18 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Li Jianji	李建及	Li Jianji
Given name	Jianji	建及	Jianji
Surname	Li	李	Li
Personal name	Li Jianji	李建及	Li Jianji
Surname	Wang	王	Wang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:065:s0001

Roles

General
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

Place: Taiyuan / 太原 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 是歲 · Western Year: AD 920
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:065:s0036

Age

Age: 57 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 是歲 · Western Year: AD 920
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:065:s0036

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 光啟中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 885 · End: AD 888
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:065:s0003
Source Date: Text: 十七年 · Western Year: AD 920
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:065:s0033, jiuwudaishi:065:s0036
Source Date: Text: 十六年 · Western Year: AD 919
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:065:s0019
Source Date: Text: 十四年 · Western Year: AD 917
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:065:s0013
Source Date: Text: 天祐七年 · Western Year: AD 910
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:065:s0005

Family

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Child of Wang Zhi (王質)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: prefect of Daizhou / 代州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十七年三月 · Western Year: AD 920
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:065:s0033
Label: commandant of the Kuangwei Army / 匡衛軍都校 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祐七年 · Western Year: AD 910
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:065:s0005
Label: acting Sikong / 檢校司空 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:065:s0018
Label: prefect of Liaozhou / 遼州刺史 · Action: appointed
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:065:s0012

Places and affiliations

Polity: Jin / Later Tang / 晉/後唐 · Relation: served
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:065:s0003, jiuwudaishi:065:s0007
Place: Xu Prefecture / 許州
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:065:s0001

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: burned-fleet · Place: Desheng / 德勝 · Other Person Id: He Gui (賀瑰)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:065:s0019, jiuwudaishi:065:s0022, jiuwudaishi:065:s0023, jiuwudaishi:065:s0024, jiuwudaishi:065:s0025, jiuwudaishi:065:s0026
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: held-bridge · Place: Baixiang / 柏鄉 · Other Person Id: Han Zhui (韓追)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:065:s0006, jiuwudaishi:065:s0007, jiuwudaishi:065:s0008
Relation: served · Person Id: Li Hanzhi (李罕之)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:065:s0003

Assessments and attributes

Item: imperial robe and gold belt / 禦衣金帶 · Relation: bestowed · Other Person Id: Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:065:s0027

Source notes

From: Wang / 王 · To: Li Jianji / 李建及 · Statement: granted surname and given name
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:065:s0002, jiuwudaishi:065:s0004

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65 Book of Later Tang 41: Biographies 17: Li Jianji, Shi Junli, Gao Xinggui, Zhang Tingyu, Wang Sitong, Suo Zitong · 18 passages

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李建及，許州人。 Li Jianji was from Xu Prefecture.

本姓王，父質。 His family name had originally been Wang; his father was named Zhi.

建及少事李罕之為紀綱，光啟中，罕之謁武皇於晉陽，因選部下驍勇者百人以獻，建及在籍中。 As a young man Jianji served Li Hanzhi as a camp officer. During the Guangqi reign Hanzhi called on the Martial Emperor at Jinyang and presented a hundred picked warriors from his command; Jianji was among them.

莊宗登高而望，鎮、定兵將衄，謂建及曰：「如賊過橋，則勢不可遏，卿計若何？」 Emperor Zhuangzong took a vantage point and saw the Zhen and Ding lines buckling. He asked Jianji, "If they get across that bridge we cannot stop them—what do you advise?"

建及於部選士二百，挺槍大噪，禦汴軍，卻之於橋下。 Jianji picked two hundred men from his command, charged with leveled spears and a thunderous cry, and threw the Bian troops back from the bridge.

二月，王師攻魏，魏人夜出犯我營，建及設伏待之，扼其歸路，盡殪之。 In the second month the imperial army besieged Wei. Wei forces raided the camp by night; Jianji laid an ambush, cut off their retreat, and wiped them out.

劉鄩之營莘縣，月餘不出，忽一旦縱兵攻鎮、定之營，軍中騰亂，建及率銀槍勁兵千人赴之，擊敗汴軍，追奔至其壘。 Liu Yan had camped at Huaxian and for more than a month refused battle, then one day suddenly struck the Zhen and Ding encampment. As the army churned in panic, Jianji rushed up with a thousand silver-spear veterans, routed the Bian force, and chased them to their walls.

元城之戰，建及首陷其陣，授天雄軍教練使。 At Yuancheng Jianji led the breach of the enemy line and was made drill instructor of the Tianxiong Army.

十二月，從攻楊劉，自寅至午，汴軍嬰城拒守，建及自負葭葦堙塹，率先登梯，遂拔之。 In the twelfth month he took part in the assault on Yangliu. From dawn to midday the Bian garrison held the walls. Jianji carried bundles of reeds to fill the ditch, was first on the scaling ladder, and the city fell.

胡柳之役，前軍逗撓，際晚，汴軍登土山，建及一戰奪之。 At Huliu the forward units stalled. Toward dusk the Bian troops seized a hillock; Jianji retook it in a single clash.

建及橫槊當前，曰：「賊大將已亡，乘此易擊，王但登山，觀臣破賊！」 Jianji planted his spear in their path and said, "Their chief commander is already dead—this is the moment to hit them while they are easy prey. Your Majesty has only to take the hill and watch me smash the foe!"