Overview
The translated histories identify Li Yansun as an administrator, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 17 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Li Yansun | 李延孫 | Li Yansun |
| Surname | Li | 李 | Li |
| Personal name | Li Yansun | 李延孫 | Li Yansun |
| Given | Yansun | 延孫 | Yansun |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · zhoushu:043:s0001
- Sex: maleExplicit · zhoushu:043:s0196
Roles
- Administrator
- General
- Military Officer
- Official
- Strategist
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: murdered · Killer Person Id: Yang Bolan (楊伯蘭)Explicit · zhoushu:043:s0035
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 史臣曰 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 570
- Source Date: Text: 大統四年 · Western Year: AD 538Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:043:s0035
- Source Date: Text: 魏孝武西遷 · Western Year: AD 534Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:043:s0026, zhoushu:043:s0027
Family
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- Descendant of Li Bofu (李伯扶)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Child of Li Changshou (李長壽)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
- Parent of Li Renjie (李人傑)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
- Sibling of Li Yisun (李義孫)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
Career and standing
- Label: Executive Commissioner of the Capital South / 京南行臺 · Action: appointedExplicit · zhoushu:043:s0031
- Label: General of the Direct Gate / 直閤將軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · zhoushu:043:s0022
- Label: posthumous Minister of Works / 贈司空 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · zhoushu:043:s0036
- Title: Duke of Huashan Commandery / 華山郡公 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · zhoushu:043:s0032
Places and affiliations
- Label: Northern Zhou / 周朝 · Relation: servedExplicit · zhoushu:043:s0199
- Polity Name: Western Wei / 西魏 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · zhoushu:043:s0031
- Place: Yichuan / 伊川Explicit · zhoushu:043:s0002
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated Murong Shaozong and beheaded Xue Xi · Other Person Id: Murong Shaozong (慕容紹宗)Explicit · zhoushu:043:s0028, zhoushu:043:s0029
- Kind: military · Role: frontier-defender · Action: entrusted-with-defense · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · zhoushu:043:s0196
- Kind: political · Role: protector · Action: escorted fleeing princes and officials to GuanzhongExplicit · zhoushu:043:s0027
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: endowed with courage and stratagem; entrusted with defense of frontier fortresses · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · zhoushu:043:s0196
- Assessment: formidable warrior with commander gifts · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · zhoushu:043:s0020
- Assessment: in repelling invasion stood equal to heroes of earlier ages; helped hold the Yi and Luo and Xiao and Han, blunting Qi designs and easing Zhou eastern concerns · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
References in the histories
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