Li Mi (李密) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Mi as a general, official, rebel, and warlord. This record brings together 16 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Li Mi	李密	Li Mi
Title	Duke of Wei	魏國公	Wèi Guógōng
Personal name	Li Mi	李密	Li Mi
Personal	Li Mi	李密	Lǐ Mì
Given	Mi	密	Mi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · suishu:005:s0034
Sex: male
Explicit · suishu:043:s0035
Value: male
Explicit · suishu:059:s0118, suishu:059:s0120

Roles

General
Official
Rebel
Warlord

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 二年庚戌 · Western Year: AD 618
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:005:s0034, suishu:005:s0035
Source Date: Text: 二年春正月壬戌 · Western Year: AD 618
Explicit · suishu:005:s0034
Source Date: Text: 據洛口倉 · Western Interval: Start: AD 617 · End: AD 618
Explicit · suishu:043:s0035
Source Date: Text: 皇泰元年 · Western Year: AD 618
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0118, suishu:059:s0120

Career and standing

Label: Director of the Department of State Affairs / 尚書令 · Action: appointed · Authority Person Id: Yang Tong (楊侗)
Explicit · suishu:059:s0120
Label: Grand Marshal / 太尉 · Action: appointed · Authority Person Id: Yang Tong (楊侗)
Explicit · suishu:059:s0120
Title: Duke of Wei / 魏國公 · Action: invested · Authority Person Id: Yang Tong (楊侗)
Explicit · suishu:059:s0120
Status: submitted to Yang Tong · Action: entered
Explicit · suishu:059:s0119

Places and affiliations

Polity: Eastern Capital regime · Relation: associated-with
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0118, suishu:059:s0120

Works and attributed material

Kind: letter · Role: author · Other Person Id: Yang Qing (楊慶)
Explicit · suishu:043:s0038, suishu:043:s0039, suishu:043:s0040, suishu:043:s0041, suishu:043:s0042, suishu:043:s0043, suishu:043:s0044, suishu:043:s0045, suishu:043:s0046, suishu:043:s0047, suishu:043:s0048, suishu:043:s0049, suishu:043:s0050, suishu:043:s0051, suishu:043:s0052, suishu:043:s0053, suishu:043:s0054, suishu:043:s0055, suishu:043:s0056, suishu:043:s0057, suishu:043:s0058, suishu:043:s0059, suishu:043:s0060, suishu:043:s0061, suishu:043:s0062, suishu:043:s0063

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: defeated · Action: defeated by · Other Person Id: Wang Shichong (王世充)
Explicit · suishu:043:s0065
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Wang Shichong (王世充) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年正月壬戌 · Western Year: AD 618
Explicit · suishu:005:s0034
Kind: military · Action: marched east against Yuwen Huaji · Other Person Id: Yuwen Huaji (宇文化及)
Explicit · suishu:059:s0166
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ordered to resist Yuwen Huaji · Other Person Id: Yuwen Huaji (宇文化及)
Explicit · suishu:059:s0120, suishu:059:s0154, suishu:059:s0156, suishu:059:s0164, suishu:059:s0166
Kind: diplomatic · Action: received Tong's envoys and performed a subject's ceremony · Other Person Ids: Gai Cong (蓋琮), Ma Gongzheng (馬公政), Yang Tong (楊侗)
Explicit · suishu:059:s0165
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: seized · Place: Luokou Granary / 洛口倉
Explicit · suishu:043:s0035