Five Dynasties · General

Li Yun 李筠

Died AD 960

Passages: 11
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Yun was a general.

Life and dates

Death

AD 960 建隆元年
Planned self immolation / fire; city fell
Directly stated · History of Song 484, passage 144

Attested activity

AD 960 澤州圍城
Directly stated · History of Song 484, passages 138, 144

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Lady Liu (劉氏)
favorite concubine 愛妾
Directly stated · History of Song 484, passage 138
Child of Mother of Li Yun (李筠母)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Song 484, passage 132
Parent of Li Shoujie (李守節)
son 子
Strongly inferred · History of Song 484, passage 145
Parent of Younger son of Li Yun and Lady Liu (李筠幼子)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Song 484, passage 152

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · History of Song 484, passages 136, 139

Assessments and attributes

Assessment violent but deeply filial to his mother · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 484, passage 132

Source notes

From Rong 榮 · To Yun 筠 · Reason avoid Shizong taboo
Directly stated · History of Song 484, passage 136

References in the histories

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History

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History of Song, Chapter 484Volume 484 Biographies 243: Three Zhou Officials Han Tong, Li Yun, Li Zhongjin · 11 passages

筠性雖暴，事母甚孝，每怒將殺人，母屏風後呼筠，筠趨至，母曰：“聞將殺人，可免乎？ For all his violence, Yun was deeply filial. Whenever rage drove him to execute someone, his mother would call from behind the screen. He would hurry to her side, and she would ask, "I hear you mean to kill someone — can he be spared?

筠遽釋之。 Yun would release the man at once.

筠稍知書，頗好調謔。 Yun had some schooling and loved a jest.

初名榮，避周世宗諱，將改之，或令名“筠”，筠曰：“李筠，李筠，玉帛雲乎哉。” His birth name was Rong; to avoid Shizong's taboo he was to rename himself. When someone proposed "Yun," he quipped, "Li Yun, Li Yun — silks and jades raining from the sky!"

筠有愛妾劉氏，隨筠至澤，時被攻城危，劉謂筠曰：“城中健馬幾何？” His favorite concubine Lady Liu had followed him to Ze. As the siege tightened she asked, "How many sound horses remain in the city?"

筠曰：“爾安問此？” Yun said, "Why do you ask?"

筠然之。 Yun agreed.

召左右計馬尚不減千匹，以是夕將出，或謂筠曰：“今帳前計議，皆云一心，縣門既發，不可保矣，倘劫公而降，悔其可及。” His attendants counted more than a thousand horses, and he planned a breakout that night. An adviser warned, "The men in council swear loyalty, but once the gate opens anything may happen. If they seize you and surrender, it will be too late for regret."

筠猶豫不決。 Yun wavered and could not decide.

明日城陷，筠將赴火，劉欲俱死，筠以其有娠，麾令去。 The next day the city fell. Yun prepared to burn himself; Liu meant to die with him, but he sent her away because she was with child.

廣順中，嚐以心疾乘醉擊殺供禦白鶻，筠上章待罪，詔釋之。 During Guangshun, in a drunken spell of madness he killed an imperial white crane. Yun submitted himself for punishment; an edict pardoned him.