Sui and Tang · Warlord and Yan Commander

Li Kuangchou 李匡儔

Attested AD 894

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Kuangchou was a warlord and Yan Commander.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 894 唐乾寧元年十一月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passages 8, 12, 14

Family

Sibling of Li Kuangwei (李匡威)
elder brother 兄 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 8

Events and relationships

Abandoned city and fled
AD 894 二十六日 · Military · Fugitive
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 14

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 135Volume 135: Biographies of Usurpers 2: Liu Shouguang, Liu Zhi, Liu Chong · 3 passages

兵士以過期不代，思歸流怨，會李匡儔奪兄位，戍軍擁仁恭為帥，欲攻幽州，比至居庸關，為府兵所敗，仁恭挈族奔於太原。 The troops, overdue for rotation and bitter at being kept in the field, were ripe for mutiny. When Li Kuangchou seized power from his brother, the garrison proclaimed Rengong commander and marched on Youzhou, but were beaten at Juyong Pass by the prefectural army. Rengong fled with his family to Taiyuan.

唐乾寧元年十一月，武皇親征匡儔。 In the eleventh month of the first year of Qianning (894), the Prince of Jin led a personal campaign against Li Kuangchou.

二十六日，匡儔棄城而遁，武皇令李存審與仁恭入城撫勞，封府庫，即以仁恭為幽州節度使，留腹心燕留德等十餘人分典軍政，武皇乃還。 On the twenty-sixth Kuangchou abandoned the city and fled. The Prince sent Li Cunshen and Rengong into Youzhou to calm the populace and seal the treasury, then appointed Rengong military governor of Youzhou, leaving a dozen trusted men including Yan Liude to share civil and military duties before returning himself.