Overview
Li Si'en was a general and Adopted Son.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- AD 918 天祐十五年At Taiyuan 太原Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 92
Attested activity
- AD 918 天祐十五年Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 92
- AD 890 to AD 918 少事太祖Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 84
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Taizu (太祖)adopted as son 養為子 · Adoptive parentage · paternal lineDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 84
Origins and identity
- Ethnicity Tuyuhun 吐谷渾Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 83
Career and standing
- commander north of Shiling Pass 石嶺關已北都知兵馬使AppointedDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 91
- left-wing horse army commander 左廂馬軍都指揮使AppointedDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 85
- military commissioner of Zhenwu 振武節度使AppointedDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 91
- prefect of Dai 代州刺史AppointedDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 91
- prefect of Liao 遼州刺史AppointedDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 87
- Shock Array commander 突陣指揮使AppointedDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 84
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- Tianxiong horse-and-foot commander 天雄軍馬步都指揮使AppointedDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 88
- Iron Forest Army officer 鐵林軍將HeldDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 84
- Grand Preceptor 太尉Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 93
- HeldAdopted sonDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 84
Places and affiliations
- Polity Jin 晉 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 84
Learning and skills
- Skill mounted archery 騎射 · Level ableDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 84
Events and relationships
- Reached Taiyuan first and held itDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 89
- Spear through mouth kept fightingDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 86
Source notes
- From Luo 駱 · To Li Si'en 嗣恩Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passages 83-84
References in the histories
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