Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Military Officer

Li Tiege 李鐵哥

Attested AD 1279

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Tiege was an official and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1279 十六年十月
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 98, passages 158, 167

Career and standing

Pacification Commissioner of Shouzhou and other places 壽州等處招討使
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 98, passage 167

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 98, passage 167
At Shouzhou 壽州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Yuan 98, passage 167

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · Mode self-report Speaker Li Tiege (李鐵哥)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 98, passages 167-169

Events and relationships

Asked to recruit convicted fugitives as soldiers, arguing it is better to employ a man for his fault than for his merit, and that if their crimes were pardoned they would each be worth ten ordinary men
AD 1279 十六年十月 · Military · Petitioner
Directly stated · History of Yuan 98, passages 167-169

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 98Volume 98 Treatises 51: Military 1 · 1 passage

十月，壽州等處招討使李鐵哥，請召募有罪亡命之人充軍，其言：「使功不如使過。 In the tenth month, Li Tiege, Pacification Commissioner of Shouzhou and elsewhere, asked to recruit convicted fugitives as soldiers, saying: "It is better to use a man's fault than his merit.