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Li Xiaoxi was a general.
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 135Volume 135: Biographies of Usurpers 2: Liu Shouguang, Liu Zhi, Liu Chong · 8 passages
莊守以仁恭、守光徇於都城，即告南宮七廟，禮畢，守光與李小喜、鄭藏斐、劉延卿及其二妻皆伏誅。
Emperor Zhuangzong paraded Rengong and Shouguang through the capital, reported to the seven temples of the Southern Palace, and then executed Shouguang with Li Xiaoxi, Zheng Zangfei, Liu Yanqing, and his two wives.
李小喜者，本晉之小校，先奔於燕，守光以為愛將。
Li Xiaoxi had been a petty Jin officer who defected to Yan, where Shouguang favored him as a trusted general.
守光雖兇淫出於天性，然而稔惡侈毒，抑亦小喜贊成。
Though Shouguang's cruelty sprang from his nature, his worst excesses were also urged on by Xiaoxi.
守光將敗，前一日來降。
The day before Shouguang's fall, Xiaoxi surrendered.
守光將死，大呼曰：「臣之誤計，小喜熒惑故也，若罪人不死，臣必訴於地下。」
Facing death Shouguang cried, "My error was Xiaoxi's delusion! If the guilty one is not killed, I will plead against him below."
莊宗急召小喜至，令證辯。
Emperor Zhuangzong hurried Xiaoxi forward to answer.
小喜瞋目叱守光曰：「囚父殺兄，烝淫骨肉，亦我教耶！」
Xiaoxi glared and shouted, "Did I teach you to imprison your father, kill your brother, and debauch your kin?"
莊宗怒小喜失禮，先斬之。
Angered by Xiaoxi's insolence, the emperor beheaded him first.