Song, Liao, and Jin · General and Official

Li Shouzhong 李守忠

First attested AD 1214; died AD 1227

Passages: 8
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Shouzhong was a general and Official.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1227 after 丁亥夏四月
Roasted alive in an iron cage · At Bian 汴
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 193, passage 21

Attested activity

AD 1214 to AD 1218 after 歲甲戌, fall of Pingyang
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 193, passage 6
AD 1227 丁亥夏四月
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passages 19-21
AD 1222 壬午冬
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 193, passages 15-18
AD 1225 to AD 1227 皆失守矣
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 193, passage 75

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Li Shouzheng (李守正)
elder brother 兄
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 15
Sibling of Li Bowen (李伯溫)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 6
Child of Li Gou (李彀)
paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 193, passages 1, 6

Career and standing

concurrent administrator of Pingyang Prefecture 兼知平陽府事
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 16
marshal of the Hedong South Circuit armies 河東南路兵馬都元帥
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 16
Silver-Green Glory and Blessing Grand Master 銀青榮祿大夫
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 16
Entered
Captive
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 6
seized and taken to Bian 執守忠至汴
Captured · At Bian 汴
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 21

Places and affiliations

Polity Mongol state 國 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 193, passage 75
Polity Mongol state 蒙古 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 16
At Pingyang 平陽 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 75

Events and relationships

Lost Pingyang
Military · Commander who lost city · At Pingyang 平陽 · Mode quoted-speech Speaker You Halabatu (攸哈剌拔都)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 75
Recovered Yizhou from Peng Zhisun
Military · Commander · With Peng Zhisun (彭智孫) · At Yizhou 義州
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 18
Refused Jin high rank and cursed them
Refusal · Prisoner · At Bian 汴
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 21
Reinforced Anchai'er; routed at Gaoliang
AD 1227 丁亥夏四月 · Military · Reliever · With Ancha'er (按察兒) · At Gaoliang 高梁
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 19
Taken when Pingyang fell
Captivity · Captive · At Pingyang 平陽
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 6
Took part in the assault on Yidu
Military · Participant · At Yidu 益都
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 18

Show 1 more source-backed claim

Relation Successor of · Person Li Shouzheng (李守正)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 15

Assessments and attributes

Item iron cage 鐵籠 · Relation Confined in
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 21

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 75

References in the histories

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History

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History of Yuan, Chapter 193Volume 193 Biographies 80: Loyal and Righteous Acts 1 · 8 passages

知平陽已陷，弟守忠被執，選驍勇拒守，久之，金人盡銳來攻，守卒夜多遁去，李成開水門導敵入，伯溫登堞樓，謂左右曰：「吾兄弟仗節擁麾，受方面之寄，今不幸失利，當以死報國。 When he learned that Pingyang had fallen and his brother Shouzhong had been taken, he picked his fiercest troops to hold the fort. After a long siege the Jin threw their full force against it; by night most of the garrison slipped away. Li Cheng opened the water gate and admitted the enemy. Bowen climbed the tower and told his men: "My brothers and I have carried the commander's banner and been entrusted with an entire circuit. Now that we have lost, we must repay the realm with our lives.

吾弟已被執，我不可再辱，汝等宜自逃生。」 My brother is already a prisoner; I cannot endure another humiliation. You should escape while you can."

大帥以其兄守忠代之。 The supreme commander put his elder brother Shouzhong in his place.

守忠官至銀青榮祿大夫、河東南路兵馬都元帥，兼知平陽府事。 Shouzhong rose to Silver-Green Glory and Blessing Grand Master, marshal of the Hedong South Circuit armies, and concurrent prefect of Pingyang.

嘗從攻益都，北還，軍將彭智孫，乘間據義州叛，守忠聞之，長驅抵城下，力戰，復之。 He had taken part in the assault on Yidu. On the march north the officer Peng Zhisun seized a moment of weakness to seize Yizhou and rebel. Shouzhong rode hard to the walls, fought bitterly, and won the city back.

丁亥夏四月，金紇石烈真襲擊平陽行營招討使權國王按察兒於洪洞，守忠出援之，會於高梁，師潰入城。 In the fourth month of summer in the dinghai year the Jin commander He Shiliezhen surprised the Pingyang campaign pacification commissioner and acting prince Anchai'er at Hongtong. Shouzhong marched to his aid; they joined battle at Gaoliang, were routed, and fell back into the city.

金人執守忠至汴，誘以高爵，使降，守忠罵之，語惡，金人怒，置守忠鐵籠中，火炙死。 The Jin took Shouzhong to Bian, offered him lofty rank, and urged him to submit. He cursed them in the foulest terms. Enraged, they shut him in an iron cage and burned him alive.

哈剌拔都曰：「真定史天倪，平陽李守忠，隰州田雄，皆失守矣，我又棄太原，將何面目見主上及國王乎！ Halabatu answered: "Shi Tianni at Zhending, Li Shouzhong at Pingyang, and Tian Xiong at Xizhou have all lost their cities. If I abandon Taiyuan too, how can I face the emperor or the prince?