Sui and Tang · Bianzhou Rebel General

Li Lingyao 李靈曜

Attested AD 776 - AD 776

Passages: 4
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Lingyao was a Bianzhou Rebel General.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 776 十一年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 45
AD 776 李靈曜之亂
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 76
AD 776 李靈曜反於汴州
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 18

Key source chapters

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135 Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu 2 passages
Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127 Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun 1 passage
Old Book of Tang, Chapter 129 Volume 125 Biographies 75: Zhang Yi, Liu Congyi, Xiao Fu, Liu Hun 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Rebelled against
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 76; Old Book of Tang 129, passage 18
AD 776 李靈曜反於汴州
At Bianzhou 汴州 · Relation Rebelled at
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 18

Events and relationships

Rebelled
AD 776 李靈曜之亂 · Military · Rebel · At Henan 河南
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 76
Rebelled
AD 776 李靈曜反於汴州 · Military · Rebel · At Bianzhou 汴州
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 18

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 76; Old Book of Tang 129, passage 18

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun · 1 passage

李靈曜之亂也，河南節帥所據，多不奉法令，征賦亦隨之； During Li Lingyao's rebellion the Henan military governors mostly ignored imperial law, and tax collection suffered likewise;

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 129Volume 125 Biographies 75: Zhang Yi, Liu Congyi, Xiao Fu, Liu Hun · 1 passage

李靈曜反於汴州，鎰訓練鄉兵，嚴守禦之備，詔書褒異，加侍御史、沿淮鎮守使。 When Li Lingyao rebelled at Bianzhou, Zhang Yi trained local militia and rigorously prepared the defenses. An imperial edict singled him out for praise and added the posts of attendant censor and commissioner for defense along the Huai.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu · 2 passages

未行，汴州將李靈曜阻兵，北結田承嗣，承嗣使侄悅將銳兵戍之。 Before Mian could take up the post, the Bianzhou general Li Lingyao rebelled and allied himself with Tian Chengsi to the north. Chengsi sent his nephew Tian Yue with elite troops to hold the city.

靈曜北走，勉騎將杜如江擒之以獻，代宗褒賞甚厚。 Li Lingyao fled north, but Mian's cavalry officer Du Rujiang captured him and presented him as a prisoner. Emperor Daizong rewarded Mian handsomely.