Sui and Tang · Military Officer and Rebel

Li Qian 李錡

Lǐ Qí

Attested AD 785 - c. AD 810

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Qian as a military officer and rebel. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Li Qian 李錡 Lǐ Qí
Personal Li Qi 李錡 Li Qi
Personal name Li Qian 李錡 Lǐ Qí

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Military Officer
  • Rebel

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 元和初 · Western Interval: Start: c. AD 806 · End: c. AD 810
  • Source Date: Text: 劉闢、李錡既平 · Western Year: AD 807
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:052:s0190
  • Source Date: Text: 鎮海節度使王緯李錡 · Western Interval: Start: AD 785 · End: AD 805
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:052:s0165

Career and standing

Events and relationships

  • Kind: administrative · Role: presenter · Action: angled for favor with surplus tribute
  • Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: rebelled and was pacified; wealth taken into inner treasury

Source notes

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 52Volume 52 Treatises 48: Finance and Economics 2 · 2 passages
New Book of Tang, Chapter 172Volume 172 Biographies 97: Yu, Wang, Two Du's, Fan · 1 passage