Sui and Tang · Warlord and Rebel

Li Tongjie 李同捷

First attested AD 822; died AD 829

Passages: 13
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Tongjie was a warlord and Rebel.

Life and dates

Death

AD 829 斬同捷
beheaded 斬 · At Jiangling 將陵 · Authority Bai Qi (柏耆)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 205

Attested activity

AD 822 to AD 829 同捷入朝…斬同捷
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passages 180, 185-186, 205
AD 827 文宗立
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 186
AD 829 斬同捷
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 205

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Li Tongjie (李同捷母)
mother 母
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 206
Child of Li Quanlüe (李全略)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 180
Spouse of Wife of Li Tongjie (李同捷妻)
wife 妻
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 206
Sibling of Li Tongzhi (李同志)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 186
Sibling of Li Tongxun (李同巽)
younger brother 弟 · Paternal half siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passages 186, 208

wife and children 妻息
Kinship Role children · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 206
daughters 子女
Kinship Role daughters · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 191

Career and standing

chief administrator of Cangzhou 滄州長史
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 181
controller of the central army 押中軍兵馬
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 181
Yan-Hai military governor 兗海節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 186
acting governor 留後
Assumed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 185
Imposed
Stripped of offices and titles
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 189

Events and relationships

Begged surrender
Military · Actor
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 203
Bribed for inheritance
Political · Actor
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 185
Bribed Hebei with wealth and daughters
Diplomatic · Actor · At Chengde 成德
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 191
Falsely claimed army detention
Political · Actor
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 187
Refused edict
Political · Actor
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 188
Sent brothers and petition
Political · Actor · With Cui Chang (崔長)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 186

References in the histories

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History

13 passages

New Book of Tang, Chapter 213Volume 213 Biographies 138: Buffer Regions: the Black, Green, and Yellow Seas · 13 passages

未幾，貢錢千萬，使子同捷入朝。 Soon he sent ten million in cash as tribute and dispatched his son Tongjie to court.

既還，即奏同捷為滄州長史，押中軍兵馬。 On returning he memorialized to name Tongjie chief administrator of Cangzhou and commander of the central army.

未幾死，同捷領留後事，重賂鄰藩，求領父節，敬宗持久詔不下。 He died soon after; Tongjie took over as acting governor, bribed neighboring circuits heavily, and petitioned to inherit his father's post—but Jingzong withheld confirmation for a long time.

俄而文宗立，同捷以帝新嗣位，必大開貸示四方，乃遣弟同志、同巽入朝，而使其屬崔長奉表請命，有詔拜兗海節度使，以烏重胤代之。 When Wenzong succeeded, Tongjie assumed a new emperor would show leniency; he sent his brothers Tongzhi and Tongxun to court and had Cui Chang petition for confirmation—but the edict named him Yan-Hai governor and sent Wu Chongyin to replace him.

同捷計窮，矯言軍中留己。 Cornered, Tongjie claimed the army would not let him leave.

於是，王智興請以全軍出討，魏博史憲誠令大將傳手詔入於軍，同捷不受，德、棣民多奔入鄆。 Wang Zhixing offered his full army for the campaign; Shi Xiancheng of Weibo sent a general with the emperor's handwritten edict, which Tongjie refused; civilians from De and Di fled en masse into Yunzhou.

同捷自以與成德有舊，乃傾玉帛子女市河北三鎮。 Counting on old ties with Chengde, Tongjie lavished gold, silk, and daughters on the three northern circuits.

載義不許，絕其交，執使者並所遣奴婢四十七獻諸朝。 Li Zaiyi refused, cut ties, seized Tongjie's envoys and the forty-seven attendants they had brought, and sent them all to the capital.

王廷湊本窺橫海，欲乘其隙取之，引軍來援。 Wang Tingcou had long eyed Heng-Hai and marched to Tongjie's aid, hoping to seize the circuit in the chaos.

始，刺史欒濛以同捷叛，密上變，事泄，為所害，贈工部尚書。 Di's prefect Luan Meng had secretly reported Tongjie's rebellion; the plot leaked and Tongjie had him killed; he was posthumously honored as Minister of Works.

同捷益急，乞降，祐疑其詐。 Tongjie, cornered, sued for surrender; Li You suspected a ruse.

耆引兵直入城，取同捷及家屬馳西。 Bai Qi marched straight into the city, seized Tongjie and his family, and raced west with them.

祐入滄州，耆至將陵，斬同捷，使其下傳首京師。 You entered Cangzhou; at Jiangling, Bai Qi beheaded Tongjie and sent his head to Chang'an.