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Li Shouzhen 李守貞

Lǐ Shǒuzhēn

Died AD 949

Passages
48
Chapters
15
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Shouzhen as a general, military officer, named individual, and rebel. This record brings together 48 passages from 15 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Li Shouzhen 李守貞 Lǐ Shǒuzhēn
Title King of Qin 秦王 Qín Wáng
Surname Li 李
Surname Li 李 Lǐ
Alternate Li at Hezhong 李河中
Personal name Li Shouzhen 李守貞 Lǐ Shǒuzhēn
Personal name Li Shouzhen 李守貞 Li Shouzhen
Personal Li Shouzhen 李守貞 Li Shouzhen
Alternate Li Shouzhen 李守貞 Li Shouzhen
Personal name Li Shouzhen 李守貞
Given Shouzhen 守貞
Given name Shouzhen 守貞 Shouzhen
Personal Shouzhen 守貞
Personal Shouzhen 守貞 Shouzhen
Given Shouzhen 守貞 Shǒuzhēn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Named Individual
  • Rebel
  • Warlord

Life and dates

Death

  • Cause: self-immolation with wife and children
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0029
  • Manner: self-immolation · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾祐二年 · Western Year: AD 949
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0170
  • Manner: burned himself to death / 自燔而死 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾祐二年 · Western Year: AD 949
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:102:s0080

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 三年十二月 · Western Year: AD 947
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:009:s0178, xinwudaishi:009:s0176
  • Source Date: Text: 三年十月辛未 · Western Year: AD 946
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:009:s0173
  • Source Date: Text: 三年己丑 · Western Year: AD 946
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:009:s0163
  • Source Date: Text: 乾祐二年；自焚死 · Western Year: AD 949
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0170
  • Source Date: Text: 乾祐二年 · Western Year: AD 949
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:102:s0012
  • Source Date: Text: 乾祐元年；反；陷潼關 · Western Year: AD 948
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0073
  • Source Date: Text: 乾祐元年 · Western Year: AD 948
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:011:s0019
  • Source Date: Text: 周太祖討李守貞於河中 · Western Year: AD 949
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:070:s0093
  • Source Date: Text: 天祿三年秋八月 · Western Year: AD 949
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:086:s0042
  • Source Date: Text: 太祖破李守貞於河中 · Western Year: AD 949
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:031:s0067
  • Source Date: Text: 守貞事漢 · Western Interval: Start: AD 948 · End: AD 949
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0027, xinwudaishi:020:s0030
  • Source Date: Text: 庚申，天平軍節度使景延廣、義成軍節度使李 · Western Year: AD 942
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:009:s0022
  • Source Date: Text: 會同六年 · Western Year: AD 943
    Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0048
  • Source Date: Text: 李守貞為秦王 · Western Interval: Start: AD 948 · End: AD 949
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:053:s0016
  • Source Date: Text: 漢乾祐中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 948 · End: AD 950
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0098
  • Source Date: Text: 漢乾祐元年八月 · Western Year: AD 948
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:141:s0118
  • Source Date: Text: 漢軍討李守貞於河中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 948 · End: AD 949
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:050:s0086
  • Source Date: Text: 開運三年冬十月辛未 · Western Year: AD 946
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:085:s0003
  • Source Date: Text: 開運三年十二月 · Western Year: AD 946
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:085:s0039
  • Source Date: Text: 顯德二年 · Western Year: AD 955
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:115:s0161

Family

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  • Kinship Role: children · Negated: false · Note: plural children; exact count unstated · Count: 2
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0029

Career and standing

  • Label: overall commander of the field army / 行營都部署 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 己丑 · Western Year: AD 946
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:009:s0163
  • Label: overseer of army and horse / 兵馬都監 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 辛未 · Western Year: AD 946
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:009:s0173
  • Label: overall director of the tomb works / 大行皇帝山陵都部署 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 天福七年九月辛丑 · Western Year: AD 942
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:009:s0026
  • Label: overall supervisor of troops and horses / 兵馬都監 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:085:s0003
  • Label: military governor of Hezhong / 河中節度使 · Action: held
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0027
  • Label: Yicheng army commissioner / 義成軍節度使 · Action: held
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:009:s0022
  • Status: rebel · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾祐元年 · Western Year: AD 948
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0073
  • Status: rebel · Action: entered
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:102:s0012
  • Status: defector · Action: surrendered-to-khitan
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:009:s0178

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 85Volume 85 Book of Later Jin 11: Emperor Shao 4 · 3 passages
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辛未，以鄴都留守杜威為北面行營都招討使，以侍衛親軍都指揮使、鄆州節度使李守貞為兵馬都監，兗州安審琦為左右廂都指揮使，徐州符彥卿為馬軍左廂都指揮使，滑州皇甫遇為馬軍右廂都指揮使，貝州梁漢璋為馬軍都排陣使，前鄧州宋彥筠為步軍左廂都指揮使，奉國左廂都指揮使王饒為步軍右廂都指揮使，洺州團練使薛懷讓為先鋒都指揮使。 On xinwei Du Wei, military governor of Yedu, was appointed overall commander of the northern field army; Li Shouzhen, commander of the Imperial Guard and military governor of Yunzhou, became overall supervisor of troops and horses; An Shenqi of Yanzhou commanded both wings; Fu Yanqing of Xuzhou the left wing of cavalry; Huangfu Yu of Huazhou the right wing of cavalry; Liang Hanzhang of Beizhou marshal of the cavalry array; Song Yanyun, former prefect of Dengzhou, the left wing of infantry; Wang Rao of the Fengguo left wing the right wing of infantry; and Xue Huairang, regimental trainer of Mozhou, vanguard commander.
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 86Volume 86 Book of Later Jin 12: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 102Volume 102 Book of Later Jin 4: Emperor Yin Annals 2 · 5 passages
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 115Volume 115 Book of Later Zhou 17: Shizong Annals 2 · 1 passage
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 121Volume 121 Book of Later Zhou 23: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 3 passages
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漢乾祐中，守貞叛於河中，太祖以兵攻之，及城陷，崇訓自刃其弟妹，次將及後，後時匿於屏處，以帷箔自蔽，崇訓倉黃求後不及，遂自刎，後因獲免。 During the Han Qianyou era Li Shouzhen rebelled at Hezhong and the Emperor besieged him. When the city fell, Chongxun killed his younger siblings and was about to kill her next; she had hidden behind a screen, shielded by curtains. He searched for her in panic but could not find her in time and cut his own throat, and she escaped.
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 141Volume 141: Treatises 3 Five Elements · 1 passage
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History of Liao, Chapter 76Volume 76 Biographies 6: Yelu Jieli, Yelu Balide, Yelu Shuogu, Yelu Lubugu, Zhao Yanshou, Gao Mohan, Zhao Siwen, Yelu Oulisi, Zhang Li · 2 passages
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 9Volume 9 Later Jin Annals 2: the Emperor That Fled · 10 passages
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu, Emperor Yin · 6 passages
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11Volume 11 Later Zhou Annals 2: Taizu · 4 passages
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 20Volume 20: Shizong of Later Zhou's Family · 4 passages
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 31Volume 31 Later Zhou Biographies 11: Wang Pu, Zheng Renhui, Hu Zai · 1 passage
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 50Volume 50 Miscellaneous Biographies 30: Wang Jun, Wang Yin, Liu Ci, Wang Huan, Zhe Congruan · 1 passage
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 53Volume 53 Miscellaneous Biographies 33: Wang Jinchong, Zhao Suwan, Murong Yanchao · 5 passages
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 70Volume 70: Hereditary House of Eastern Han · 1 passage
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