Five Dynasties · Rebel

Li Jitao 繼韜

Attested AD 922 - AD 923

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Jitao was a rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 922 to AD 923 繼韜之叛
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passages 142, 146

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Li Sizhao (李嗣昭)
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 147

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 52Volume 52 Book of Later Tang 28: Biographies 4: Li Sizhao, Pei Yue, Li Siben, Li Si'en · 3 passages

初事李嗣昭為親信，及繼韜之叛，約方戍澤州，因召民泣而諭之曰：「餘事故使，已餘二紀，每見分財享士，志在平讎，不幸薨歿。 He had long served Li Sizhao as a trusted officer. When Jitao rebelled, Yue was garrisoning Ze Prefecture. He summoned the people and, weeping, told them, "I served the late commissioner for more than twenty years. I always saw him share his wealth with his men and strive to settle old scores. Now he is gone.

今郎君父喪未葬，即背君親，餘可倳刃自殺，不能送死與人。」 Now the young master rebels before his father's funeral is even complete. I would rather turn the blade on myself than betray my dead lord to another."

莊宗知其忠懇，謂諸將曰：「朕於繼韜何薄，於裴約何厚？ Zhuangzong knew his loyalty and said to his generals, "What have I done for Jitao, and what have I done for Pei Yue?