Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Li Xun 李訓

Died AD 835

Passages: 6
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Xun was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Death

AD 835 甘露之難
Cause Clan exterminated by eunuchs after failed plot
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 294

Attested activity

AD 835 文宗時
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 175, passage 88
AD 835 甘露之變
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 173, passage 237
AD 835 甘露之難
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 178, passages 289, 294

Key source chapters

Career and standing

chief minister 宰相
AD 835 甘露之難 · Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 294

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 237
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 178, passage 294

Events and relationships

Disaster precipitated eunuch purge
Political · Central figure
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 237
Scheme failed
AD 835 甘露之難 · Political plot · Conspirator
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 303

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 237; New Book of Tang 178, passage 294

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 173Volume 173 Biographies 98: Pei Du · 1 passage

李訓之禍，宦官肆威以逞，凡訓、注宗婭賓客悉收逮，訊報苛慘。 After Li Xun's disaster the eunuchs unleashed their power. All relatives and clients of Li Xun and Zheng Zhu were arrested, and interrogations were brutally harsh.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 175Volume 175 Biographies 100: Dou, Liu, Two Zhangs, Yang, Xiong, Bai · 3 passages

李訓有寵，又新復見用，遷刑部郎中，為申州刺史。 When Li Xun rose, Youxin was restored, made Director of Justice, and sent to Shen as prefect.

訓死，復坐貶。 After Xun's death he was demoted again.

帝不悅，註亦內不安，而雅與虞卿有怨，即約李訓奏言：「語出虞卿家，因京兆騶伍布都下。」 The emperor was angered; Zhu, ill at ease and hostile to Yuqing, with Li Xun claimed: "The tale began in Yuqing's household and was spread by Jingzhao runners throughout the capital."

New Book of Tang, Chapter 178Volume 178 Biographies 103: Liu Fen · 2 passages

賈餗與王涯、李訓、舒元輿位宰相，以謀敗，皆為中官夷其宗，而宦者益橫，帝以憂崩。 Jia Su with Wang Ya, Li Xun, and Shu Yuanyu held the chief ministership; when the plot failed, all were exterminated in their clans by the eunuchs — and the eunuchs grew more overbearing; the emperor died of grief.

其後宋申錫以謀泄貶，李訓以計不臧死，宦者遂強，可不戒哉！ Afterward Song Shenxi was demoted when his plot leaked, Li Xun died when his scheme failed — the eunuchs then grew strong; should this not serve as a warning!