Five Dynasties · Official and Military Officer

Li Yanbi 李彥弼

Attested AD 942 - AD 947

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Yanbi was an official and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 942 to AD 947 后既立
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 112

Career and standing

chief steward of the empress’s palace guard 皇后宮都押衙
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 112

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Jin 後晉 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 112

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 17Volume 17: The Later Jin Imperial Family · 1 passage

后既立，專內寵，封拜宮官尚宮、知客等皆為郡夫人，又用男子李彥弼為皇后宮都押衙。 Once enthroned she monopolized favor within the palace; every officer she raised—Shanggong, Guest Manager, and the rest—became a Lady of Commandery, and she even set the man Li Yanbi over the empress’s household guard.