Overview
Li Yuan was a general and Official.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Zhou
Life and dates
Death
- AD 557 以是誅夷ExecutedDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 318
Attested activity
- AD 557 以是誅夷Directly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 318
- AD 535 to AD 556 屬亂離之際Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 25, passages 306, 318
Family
- Sibling of Li Xian (李賢)brothers 兄弟 · Uncertain siblingsStrongly inferred · Book of Zhou 25, passages 306, 318
- Kinship Role lineage members · Quantity exterminatedDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 318
Career and standing
- execution and extermination of the line 誅夷AD 557 以是誅夷 · SufferedDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 318
Places and affiliations
- At Western Capital 西京 · Relation Clan based atDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 309
Events and relationships
- Executed with his line destroyed for the plot around Li Zhi and Emperor XiaominDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 318
- Shared the brothers' wartime service and later high officeMilitary · Commander · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passages 306-308
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment failed in proper family instruction and lacked foresight; execution and extermination were not undeserved · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 318
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Zhou 25, passage 318
References in the histories
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