Overview
Li Yun was a general.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
AD 954 世宗即位
AD 951 廣順初
AD 947 晉開運末
AD 954 顯德初
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
Career and standing
Honorary Grand Tutor 檢校太傅
AD 953 三年 · Appointed
military governor of Yicheng 義成軍節度
AD 951 廣順初 · Appointed
Grand Councilor 同平章事
AD 954 顯德初 · Appointed
military governor of Zhaoyi 昭義軍節度
Appointed
Palace Attendant 侍中
Appointed
prefect of Bozhou 博州刺史
Appointed
Show 1 more source-backed claim
Places and affiliations
- Polity Later Han 後漢 · Relation Served
- Polity Later Zhou 後周 · Relation Served
Events and relationships
Defeated Murong Yanchao at Liuzi
Expelled Khitans from Changshan
AD 947 閏七月二十九日 · Military · Leader
Flanked Khitans at Xinkou
- Relation Retainer of · Person Zhao Yanshou (趙延壽)
- Relation Ally of · Person Wang Rao (王蕘)
- Relation Opponent of · Person Murong Yanchao (慕容彥超)
Show 2 more source-backed claims
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment greatest merit in Changshan uprising but under-rewarded · Mode historian-judgment
References in the histories
No matching passages.
History of Song, Chapter 484Volume 484 Biographies 243: Three Zhou Officials Han Tong, Li Yun, Li Zhongjin · 17 passages
晉開運末，契丹犯汴京，其將趙延壽聞筠驍勇，召置帳下。
Late in the Jin Kaiyun era the Khitans stormed Bianjing. Their general Zhao Yanshou, hearing of Yun's prowess, took him into his retinue.
筠乘其怨，密與王蕘、石公霸、何福進等謀，以閏七月二十九日伺契丹守閽者旦食，撞寺鍾為期，相率入據兵庫，次焚牙門，大呼市人，並力擊焉。
Yun exploited their anger and secretly plotted with Wang Rao, Shi Gongba, He Fujin, and others. On the twenty-ninth of the intercalary seventh month, while the Khitan gate guards were at breakfast, they rang the temple bell as signal, seized the armory, set fire to the headquarters gate, roused the townspeople, and struck together.
初，筠建謀約諸將同力，控鶴左廂都校白再榮首匿於室不敢應，筠拔佩刀破幕引臂迫之，再榮不得已而行，諸將次第赴之。
When Yun first proposed the plot and called on the generals to join, Bai Zairong of the Crane Control Left Wing hid indoors and would not answer. Yun drew his sword, slashed through the curtain, seized his arm, and dragged him out; the others then fell in behind.
諸將互伐其功，筠詣故相馮道請權領節度事，道曰：“子主奏事而已，留後事當議功臣為之。”
The generals quarreled over credit. Yun went to the former chief councilor Feng Dao and asked to take provisional charge of the circuit. Dao replied, "You need only memorialize the throne on current affairs; the acting governorship should go to whichever officer the court deems most deserving."
是戰，筠功居多，即送款漢祖，以其子赴朝，漢祖深賞之。
In this fight Yun's contribution had been greatest. He at once pledged allegiance to the Han founder and sent his son to court; the founder was deeply impressed.
以控鶴一軍力戰，優加賜與，授再榮留後，筠博州刺史。
The Crane Control Corps was richly rewarded for its fighting; Zairong received the acting governorship, while Yun was given only the prefecture of Bo.
筠以賞薄不悅。
Yun was bitterly dissatisfied with so slight a reward.
周祖鎮大名，表為先鋒指揮使，又為北面緣邊巡檢。
While the Zhou founder was stationed at Daming, he had Yun made vanguard commander and northern frontier inspector.
周祖起兵入汴，筠同郭崇從，與慕容彥超戰於留子陂，彥超東奔。
When the Zhou founder marched on Bian, Yun followed with Guo Chong, routed Murong Yanchao at Liuzi Slope, and drove him east in flight.
會並人侵晉州，王峻率師往拒，筠亦請西征，詔褒之。
When the Northern Han invaded Jinzhou, Wang Jun marched to meet them. Yun too petitioned for a western campaign and received an imperial commendation.
周祖征兗，還次濮，筠因朝，獻馬，賜襲衣、金帶。
On the Zhou founder's Yan campaign he halted at Pu on the return march; Yun attended court, presented horses, and received a ceremonial robe and gold belt.
及召潞州常思入朝，命筠權知軍府，思改宋、亳，以筠為昭義軍節度。
When Chang Si of Luzhou was recalled to court, Yun was left in provisional command of the headquarters; Si was moved to Song and Bo, and Yun received the Zhaoyi military governorship.
時王峻兼節製，以筠及王殷、何福進皆創業功臣，故並加恩焉。
Wang Jun then held concurrent command over several circuits; Yun, Wang Yin, and He Fujin were all treated with extra favor as founders of the dynasty.
顯德初，周祖親郊，加同平章事。
At the start of Xiande, when the Zhou founder offered the suburban sacrifice in person, Yun was made Grand Councilor.
世宗即位，並人入侵，其將張暉率先鋒自團柏穀入營梁侯驛，攻劫堡柵，所至焚略蕩盡，筠遣護軍穆令均率步騎二千拒之。
After Shizong's accession the Northern Han invaded. Their general Zhang Hui led the vanguard through Tuanbai Valley to Lianghou Post, storming and looting every fort along the way until the countryside was scorched bare. Yun sent Mu Lingjun with two thousand infantry and cavalry to meet him.
世宗親征沁州，降之，命筠率沁之行營兵赴太原，符彥卿戍忻口，拒契丹援兵。
Shizong personally took Qinzhou and accepted its surrender. Yun was ordered to lead the Qinzhou field army against Taiyuan while Fu Yanqing held Xinkou against Khitan reinforcements.
彥卿請益師，詔筠與張永德以三千騎益之，既至，以偏師繞契丹後，奮擊走之。
Yanqing asked for reinforcements; Yun and Zhang Yongde were sent with three thousand cavalry. They swung a flanking force behind the Khitans and drove them off in a sharp assault.