Sui and Tang · Ruler and Warlord

Li Keyong 李克用

Li Kèyòng

Attested AD 896 - AD 900

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Keyong was a ruler and Warlord.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Temple name	Taizu	太祖	Tàizǔ

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 900 光化三年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 6, passages 6, 12
AD 896 梁攻兗、鄆
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 6, passage 3

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Li Siyuan (李嗣源)
adopted as son 養以為子 · Adoptive parentage
raised as son 養以為子 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 6, passage 2

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 6, passage 2

Events and relationships

Sent relief to Zhu Xuan Zhu Jin
AD 896 梁攻兗、鄆 · Military · Commander · With Li Cunxin (李存信)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 6, passage 3

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 6Volume 6 Later Tang Annals 3: Mingzong · 4 passages

父霓，為雁門部將，生子邈佶烈，以騎射事太祖，為人質厚寡言，執事恭謹，太祖養以為子，賜名嗣源。 His father Ni held a post as an officer of the Yanmen command. Ni’s son Mo Jilie won favor for mounted archery in the service of Li Keyong, the founding sovereign of Jin: steady, sparing of words, exact in duty. Keyong adopted him and gave him the name Siyuan.

梁攻兗、鄆，朱宣、朱瑾來乞師，太祖遣李存信將兵三萬救之。 When Liang struck Yan and Yun, Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin pleaded for aid. Keyong dispatched Li Cunxin at the head of thirty thousand men.

存信留莘縣久之，為羅弘信所襲，存信敗走，嗣源獨殿而還，太祖以嗣源所將騎五百號「橫沖都」。 Cunxin lingered too long at Shen and Luo Hongxin fell on him. Cunxin ran. Siyuan alone covered the retreat. Keyong took the five hundred riders under Siyuan’s command and titled them the “Traverse Charge Command.”

嗣源身中四矢，太祖解衣賜藥以勞之，由是李橫沖名重四方。 Four shafts lodged in Siyuan’s flesh. Keyong stripped his own coat and sent medicine to comfort him. From that day the name of Li the Traverse Charge rang through the realm.