Li Tuo (李托) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Tuo was an eunuch and Official.

Life and dates

Death

Execution · At the capital 京
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 239

Attested activity

AD 917 to AD 942 少習騎射…事龑
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 230
AD 971 後至京斬之
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 239
AD 943 to AD 958 晟襲位
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 231
AD 958 to AD 971 鋹立
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 232

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Elder Daughter of Li Tuo (李托長女)
daughter 女
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 233
Parent of Younger Daughter of Li Tuo (李托次女)
daughter 女
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 233

Kinship Role daughters · Count 2
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 233

Career and standing

Acting Inner Captain 行內中尉
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 234
Army Observer of the Six Armies 六軍觀軍容使
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 234
Cavalry Grand General 驃騎上將軍
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 234
Commissioner of the Playful Splendor Palace, Superintendent of the Palace Domestic Service, and commissioner of the Liesheng and Jingyang palaces 玩華宮使、內侍監兼列聖、景陽二宮使
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 232
Commissioner of the Splendid Beauty Palace 秀華宮使
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 231
Commissioner of the Sweet Spring Palace 甘泉宮使
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 234

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Director of an Inner Treasury Bureau 內府局令
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 230
Grandee Equal in Honor to the Three Dukes 開府儀同三司
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 234
Inner Grand Preceptor 內太師
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 234
Palace Attendant in the Palace Domestic Service 內侍省內侍
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 231
Special Advancement 特進
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 234
Exercised
Consulted before all government affairs
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 233
execution by beheading 斬
Suffered
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 239

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Han 南漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passages 230, 234
At Fengchuan in Feng Prefecture 封州封川
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 229
At Xutian 許田 · Relation Brought to as captive
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 236

Learning and skills

Skill horsemanship and archery 騎射 · Level trained-from-youth
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 230

Works and attributed material

Unable to answer
Interrogation · Addressee · With Emperor Taizu (太祖)
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passages 236-237

Events and relationships

Admitted guilt after rebuke
Legal · Confessed
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 239
Blocked surrender proposal
AD 971 既克韶州 · Military · Obstructor · With Xin Yanwo (辛延渥)
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 235
Interrogated at Xutian
AD 971 及就擒至許田 · Legal · Defendant · With Emperor Taizu (太祖)
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 236

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History of Song, Chapter 481Volume 481 Biographies 240: Hereditary Houses 4: Southern Han and Liu Clans Liu Chang (Gong Chengshu, Li Tuo, Xue Chongyu, Pan Chongche) · 11 passages

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澄樞與李托、薛崇譽置酷法之具，民甚苦之。 Chengshu, Li Tuo, and Xue Chongyu instituted instruments of torture, and the people endured terrible suffering.

李托，封州封川人。 Li Tuo came from Fengchuan in Feng Prefecture.

晟襲位，遷內侍省內侍，充宮闈諸衛押番兼秀華宮使。 When Shen took the throne, Tuo was made a Palace Attendant in the Palace Domestic Service, assigned to the palace guard rotation and Commissioner of the Splendid Beauty Palace.

鋹立，改玩華宮使、內侍監兼列聖、景陽二宮使。 When Chang took the throne, Tuo became Commissioner of the Playful Splendor Palace and Superintendent of the Palace Domestic Service, while also overseeing the Liesheng and Jingyang ancestral palaces.

托納二女於鋹，鋹以其長為貴妃，次為美人，政事皆訪托而後行。 Tuo gave two daughters to Chang in marriage; the elder became Honored Consort and the younger a Beauty. No policy moved forward until Tuo had been consulted.

太祖命師伐鋹，既克韶州，統軍使李承渥戰死，節度副使辛延渥間道遣人勸鋹降，托堅沮其議。 When Taizu sent his army against Chang and Shao Prefecture fell, army commander Li Chenwo was killed in battle. Deputy commissioner Xin Yanwo sent an envoy by a secret route to urge surrender, but Tuo firmly blocked the proposal.

及就擒至許田，太祖遣使問托等：「昨已約降，復率眾來拒戰，及軍敗又縱火焚府庫，誰為之謀也？」 After their capture and arrival at Xutian, Taizu sent an envoy to question Tuo and his associates: "You had already agreed to surrender, yet you rallied troops to fight again, and when defeated you set fire to the storehouses. Who planned this?"

托俯首不能對。 Tuo hung his head and had no answer.

鋹諫議大夫王珪謂托曰：「昔在廣州，機務並爾輩所專，火又自內起，今天子遣使案問，爾復欲推過何人？」 Chang's Remonstrating Censor Wang Gui said to Tuo, "In Guangzhou you and your faction controlled every decision; the fire was lit from within the palace. Now the Son of Heaven sends an envoy to investigate — who else do you mean to blame?"

遂唾而批其頰，托乃引伏，後至京斬之。 He spat in Tuo's face and struck his cheek. Tuo confessed on the spot and was later executed when they reached the capital.

太祖命師克廣州，崇譽縱火焚倉廩，擒至京，與李托同戮。 When Taizu's army took Guangzhou, Chongyu set fire to the granaries. Captured and brought to the capital, he was executed alongside Li Tuo.