Li Song (李崧) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Song was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 925 to AD 936 唐魏王繼岌…以崧掌書記；長興中…晉高祖以兵入京師
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passages 3, 7, 19, 25

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Li Song (李崧母)
mother 母
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 26
Child of Parent of Li Song (李崧親)
parent 親
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 15

Career and standing

Vice Minister of Revenue 戶部侍郎
AD 936 晉高祖以兵入京師 · Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 25
chief secretary 掌書記
AD 926 服除，範延光居鎮州，辟崧掌書記 · Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 16
Academician of the Duanming Hall 端明殿學士
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 18
chief secretary 掌書記
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 7
Commissioner of Military Affairs 樞密使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 25
councilor of the Secretariat and Chancellery 同中書門下平章事
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 25

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Gentleman for Harmonizing the Pitchpipes 協律郎
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 6
inspector of the Xingsheng Palace 興聖宮巡官
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 6
Reminder 拾遺
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 17
salt-and-iron administrative assistant 鹽鐵判官
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 15
Vice Director of the Secretariat 中書侍郎
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 25
Vice Minister of Revenue 戶部侍郎
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 18
on staff of the Bureau of Military Affairs 直樞密院
Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 17
staff officer of Zhenzhou 鎮州參軍
Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 2
Entered
Mourning
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passages 15, 26
Recalled
Recalled from mourning
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 26

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Jin 後晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 25
Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passages 3, 6
At Raoyang, Shenzhou 深州饒陽
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 1
At capital 京師 · Relation Arrived at
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 15
At Yique 伊闕 · Relation Hid at
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 25
At Zhenzhou 鎮州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 2

Learning and skills

Skill literary composition 文章 · Level skilled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 2

Works and attributed material

Edict · Author · forged yellow-paper edict using reversed commander seal
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 13
Speech · Speaker · With Lü Rou (呂柔)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 4
Speech · Speaker · With Li Jiji (李繼岌)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passages 9-11
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 21

Events and relationships

Campaigned against Shu
Military · Chief secretary · With Li Jiji (李繼岌)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 7
Hid at Yique
Political · Fugitive · At Yique 伊闕
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 25
Stabilized army morale
AD 925 夜以黃紙作詔書 · Political · Forger of edict
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 13
Urged appointment
Political · Recommender · With Shi Jingtang (石敬瑭)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passages 21-22
Warned against killing
Political · Adviser · With Li Jiji (李繼岌)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passages 9-11
Relation Subordinate of · Person Li Jiji (李繼岌)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passages 6-7

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Relation Recommender of · Person Shi Jingtang (石敬瑭)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passages 21-22

Assessments and attributes

Assessment trusted drafting ability · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Feng Dao (馮道)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 5
quick-witted from youth
Character
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 2

References in the histories

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History

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 57Volume 57 Miscellaneous Biographies 37: Li Song, Li Lin, Jia Wei, Duan Xiyao, Zhang Yun, Wang Song, Pei Hao, Wang Renyu, Pei Yu, Wang Yan, Ma Zhongji, Zhao Yanyi · 16 passages

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李崧，深州饒陽人也。 Li Song was a native of Raoyang in Shenzhou.

崧幼聰敏，能文章，為鎮州參軍。 As a youth Song was quick-witted and skilled at writing; he served as a staff officer in Zhenzhou.

崧謂掌書呂柔曰：「魏王皇子，天下之望，書奏之職，非蕘所當。」 Song told the secretary Lü Rou, "The Prince of Wei is an imperial prince on whom the empire's hopes rest; the office of drafting memorials is not one Li Rao should hold."

柔私使崧代為之，以示盧質、馮道，道等皆以為善。 Rou secretly had Song draft the documents in his place and showed them to Lu Zhi and Feng Dao, who all approved.

乃以崧為興聖宮巡官，拜協律郎。 Song was then appointed inspector of the Xingsheng Palace and promoted to Gentleman for Harmonizing the Pitchpipes.

繼岌與郭崇韜代蜀，以崧掌書記。 When Ji Ji and Guo Chongtao marched against Shu, Song served as chief secretary.

崧入見繼岌曰：「王何為作此危事？ Song went in to see Ji Ji and said, "Why would Your Highness do something so dangerous?

崧乃召書吏三四人，登樓去梯，夜以黃紙作詔書，倒用都統印，明旦告諭諸軍，人心乃定。 Song then summoned three or four clerks, had them climb a tower and remove the ladder, and through the night drafted an edict on yellow paper, impressing it with the army commander's seal in reverse; at dawn he announced it to the troops, and morale steadied.

崧至京師，任圜判三司，用崧為鹽鐵判官，以內憂去職還鄉里。 Song reached the capital, where Ren Yuan headed the Three Departments and appointed him salt-and-iron administrative assistant; he later left office and returned home to observe mourning for a parent.

服除，範延光居鎮州，辟崧掌書記。 After his mourning period ended, Fan Yanguang, then stationed at Zhenzhou, engaged Song as chief secretary.

延光為樞密使，崧拜拾遺，直樞密院。 When Yanguang became commissioner of military affairs, Song was appointed remonstrance official and served on the staff of the Bureau of Military Affairs.