Sui and Tang · Warlord and Yan Commander

Li Kuangwei 李匡威

Attested AD 890 - AD 893

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Kuangwei was a warlord and Yan Commander.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 890 to AD 893 燕帥李匡威
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passages 6, 8

Family

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

Career and standing

Yan commander 燕帥
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 6

References in the histories

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

此言頗泄，燕帥李匡威惡之，不欲令典軍，改為府掾，出為景城令。 Word of this spread. Yan commander Li Kuangwei took a dislike to him and refused to let him command troops, transferring him to a staff post and then sending him out as magistrate of Jingcheng.

屬瀛州軍亂，殺郡守，仁恭募白丁千人討平之，匡威壯其才，復使為帳中爪牙，令將兵戍蔚州。 When the Yingzhou garrison mutinied and killed the prefect, Rengong raised a thousand civilians, put down the revolt, and so impressed Kuangwei that he was again made a trusted retainer in headquarters and ordered to garrison Weizhou with troops.