Li Keju (李可舉) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Keju was a warlord.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 876 to AD 885 李可舉
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 231

Events and relationships

Seized power
Usurpation · Usurper · At Youzhou 幽州 · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 231-232

Assessments and attributes

Assessment seized-power-through-inbenevolence · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 231, 236

References in the histories

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 · 1 passage

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如硃克融、楊志誠、史元忠、張公素、李可舉、李全忠，以不仁得之，靡更曩志。 Men such as Zhu Kerong, Yang Zhicheng, Shi Yuanzhong, Zhang Gongsu, Li Keju, and Li Quanzhong seized power through violence and never abandoned their old ambitions.