Qin and Han · General

Li Ling 李陵

Attested BC 99

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Ling was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 99 李陵傳
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 205

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Li Ling (李陵母)
mother 母 · maternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 205

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 205

Works and attributed material

Biography of Li Ling 李陵傳
Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 205

Events and relationships

Surrendered to Xiongnu
Military · Surrendered general · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 205

Assessments and attributes

Assessment neither loyal subject nor filial son after surrender · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 114, passage 205

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 114Volume 110 Biographies 60: Li Guangbi, Wang Sili, Deng Jingshan, Xin Yunjing · 1 passage

史臣曰史臣曰：嘗讀《李陵傳》，戰敗不能死，屈節降虜庭，君不得為忠臣，母不得為孝子，每長嘆久之。 The historiographer writes: I have read the biography of Li Ling—defeated, unable to die, he submitted to the barbarians; he could be neither loyal minister to his lord nor filial son to his mother—and I have long sighed at it.