Five Dynasties · Military Officer and Administrator

Li Qianbo 李謙溥

Attested AD 958

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Qianbo was a Military Officer and Administrator.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 958 顯德五年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passages 36, 38, 40

Career and standing

acting prefect of Xi Prefecture 攝州事
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 40
army supervisor 監軍
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 38
inspector 巡檢使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 36

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Zhou 後周 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 36

Events and relationships

Repelled siege
AD 958 顯德五年 · Military · Defender · At Xi Prefecture 隰州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passages 36, 39, 41
Relation Colleague of · Person Yang Tingzhang (楊廷璋)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passages 38-39

Assessments and attributes

Assessment composed-under-threat · Mode named-source-report Source Work Biography of Li Qianbo 李謙溥傳
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 41

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 36

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 118Volume 118 Book of Later Zhou 20: Shizong Annals 5 · 5 passages

時劉鈞聞帝南征，發兵圍隰州，巡檢使李謙溥以州兵拒之而退。 At the time Liu Jun of Northern Han, hearing that the emperor was campaigning south, sent troops to besiege Xi Prefecture. Inspector Li Qianbo held them off with the prefecture's troops and drove them back.

〈（《東都事略·楊廷璋傳》：隰州闕守，乃請監軍李謙溥至隰，並人來圍其城，或請速救之，廷璋曰：「賊遽至，未必攻城。」 (The 《Outline History of the Eastern Capital》, biography of Yang Tingzhang, records that Xi Prefecture lacked a prefect and he therefore requested army supervisor Li Qianbo be sent there. When Northern Han forces came and besieged the city, some urged a rapid rescue. Tingzhang said: "The enemy arrived suddenly and may not necessarily assault the walls."

乃募死士百餘人，潛諭謙溥相應，夜銜枚擊之，並人大潰，逐北數十里。 He then recruited more than a hundred death-defying soldiers, secretly coordinated with Qianbo, and at night struck with gags in their mouths. The Northern Han army broke in disorder and was pursued north for dozens of li.

又，《李謙溥傳》云：隰州闕守，謙溥攝州事，至則浚城隍，嚴兵備。 The 《Biography of Li Qianbo》 also records that when Xi Prefecture lacked a prefect Qianbo took charge of its affairs, dredged the moat and walls on arrival, and tightened the defenses.

未旬日而並人至，方盛暑，謙溥服絺绤，揮羽扇，引二小吏登城徐步，並人望之，勒兵不敢動。）〉 In less than ten days the Northern Han army arrived. In the height of summer Qianbo wore light hemp and waved a feather fan, leading two junior clerks up onto the wall at an easy pace. The enemy saw this and held their troops back, not daring to move.)〉