Li Keju (李可舉) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Keju was a Military Governor of Youzhou.

Life and dates

Death

died 死
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 192
self-immolation 自燔而死 · At tower 樓
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 181

Attested activity

AD 881 to AD 885 中和中
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 170
AD 884 to AD 885 中和末
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 171-173, 180-181
AD 885 光啟元年春
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 192-193
AD 871 to AD 873 咸通末
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 161, 169

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Li Maoxun (李茂勛)
father 父
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 162

gathered his clan before death
Kinship Role clan · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 181

Origins and identity

Uyghur Abusi clan 回鶻阿布思之族
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 161
Uyghur Abusi clan 回鶻阿布思之族
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 161

Career and standing

acting military governor 節度留後
Appointed as
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 169
Left Assistant Governor of Youzhou 幽州左司馬
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 169
vice military governor 節度副使
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 169
acting Grand Marshal 檢校太尉
Promoted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 170
Right Regular Attendant 右散騎常侍
Promoted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 169

Places and affiliations

At Youzhou 幽州 · Relation Governed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 169, 180

Events and relationships

Attacked by
Military · Besieged governor · With Li Quanzhong (李全忠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 180-181
Conspired to raise troops
Military · Conspirator · At Zhenzhou 鎮州
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 172
Incited rear attack
Diplomatic · Inciter · With Helian Duo (赫連鐸)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 172
Sent general to attack Yizhou
Military · Commander · With Li Quanzhong (李全忠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 173
Relation Superior of · Person Li Quanzhong (李全忠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 189
Relation Secret ally of · Person Wang Chucun (王處存)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 171

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 180Volume 176 Biographies 126: Li Zongmin, Yang Sifu, Yang Yuqing, Ma Zhi, Li Rangyi, Weipi, Zhou Chi, Cui Guicong, Zhengsu, Lu Shang · 11 passages

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李可舉，本回鶻阿布思之族也。 Li Keju was originally of the Uyghur Abusi clan.

張仲武破回鶻，可舉父茂勛與本部侯王降焉。 When Zhang Zhongwu defeated the Uyghurs, Keju's father Maoxun surrendered along with the princes and nobles of their tribe.

無幾，以疾告老，授右僕射致仕，表可舉自節度副使、幽州左司馬加右散騎常侍，為節度留後。 Before long Maoxun retired citing illness, was appointed Right Vice Director, and recommended that Keju be promoted from vice military governor and Left Assistant Governor of Youzhou to Right Regular Attendant and acting military governor.

中和末，以太原李克用兵勢方盛，與定州王處存密相締結。 Late in the Zhonghe era, fearing the rising power of Li Keyong of Taiyuan, Keju secretly allied himself with Wang Chucun of Dingzhou.

可舉慮其窺伺山東，終為己患，遂遣使構雲中赫連鐸乘其背，則與鎮州合謀舉兵，兼言易、定是燕、趙之餘，雲得其地則正其疆理而分之。 Keju feared that Keyong would turn his ambitions toward the eastern provinces and become a lasting threat. He sent envoys to incite Helian Duo of Yunzhong to attack Keyong from the rear, then conspired with the forces of Zhenzhou to raise troops. He argued that Yizhou and Dingzhou were the last holdings of Yan and Zhao, and that if Yunzhong gained those lands their boundaries could be redrawn and the territory divided.

時可舉遣將李全忠攻易州。 Keju then sent the general Li Quanzhong to attack Yizhou.

全忠遁歸，懼可舉罪之，收其餘眾，反攻幽州。 Quanzhong fled home, fearing Keju would punish him for the defeat. He gathered his remaining troops and turned against Youzhou.

可舉危急，收集其族，登樓自燔而死。 Keju, trapped and desperate, gathered his family, climbed a tower, and burned himself to death.

全忠秩滿還鄉里，事節度使李可舉為牙將。 When his term expired Quanzhong returned home and served the military governor Li Keju as a guard officer.

時可舉兵鋒方盛，欲與鎮人分易、定，遣全忠將兵攻之，為定州軍大敗於易水。 At that time Keju's armies were at their peak. Seeking to divide Yizhou and Dingzhou with the forces of Zhenzhou, he sent Quanzhong to attack them, but the Dingzhou army routed his forces at the Yi River.

可舉死。 Keju died.