Five Dynasties · Warlord and Official

Li Renfu 李仁福

Lǐ Rénfú

First attested AD 923; died AD 933

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Renfu was a warlord and Official.

Life and dates

Death

AD 933 定難軍節度使李仁福薨
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 171

Attested activity

AD 933 定難軍節度使李仁福薨
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 171
AD 923 to AD 933 當本朝播越之後，及先皇興復之初，爰及眇躬
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 173

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Eldest son of Li Renfu
second son 次子 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 167
Parent of Li Yichao (李彜超)
second son 次子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 167
Parent of Li Yixing (李彜興)
younger brother 弟 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passages 167, 204
Parent of Li Yimin (李彜敏)
younger brother 弟 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passages 204, 209

Kinship Role descendants · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 176

Career and standing

military commissioner of the Dingnan army 定難軍節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 171

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passages 172-173
At border ramparts 塞垣 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 172
Organization Dingnan army 定難軍 · Relation Commander of
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 171

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Purported author · Direct quotation · Negated true · Mode allegation Source Person Id Li Yichao (李彜超)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 168

Events and relationships

Death reported to court
AD 933 西北藩鎮奏 · Commemoration · Deceased subject · Mode edict Speaker Mingzong (明宗)
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 171

Assessments and attributes

Assessment combined authority with kindness; loyal and filial; preserved integrity and kept far and near at peace · Mode edict Speaker Mingzong (明宗)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passages 172-175

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passages 167, 171

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 132Volume 132: Biographies of Descendents 1: Li Maozhen, Gao Wanxing, Han Xun, Li Renfu · 4 passages

彜超，仁福之次子也。 Yichao was Renfu's second son.

歷本州左都押衙、防遏使，仁福卒，三軍立為帥，矯為仁福奏云：「臣疾已甚，已委彜超權知軍州事，乞降真命。」 He had served as left overall escort commander and defense commissioner; when Renfu died the army made him commander and forged a memorial in Renfu's name: "My illness is grave; I have entrusted Yichao with provisional authority; I beg a formal appointment."

近據西北藩鎮奏，定難軍節度使李仁福薨。 Recent memorials from the northwest report that Dingnan military commissioner Li Renfu has died.

朕以仁福自分戎閫，遠鎮塞垣，威惠俱行，忠孝兼著。 Renfu rose from the military frontier to govern the distant borderlands, combining authority with kindness and showing both loyalty and filial devotion.