Li Zaiyi (李載義) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Zaiyi was a Military Governor and General.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Fanggu	方谷	Fanggu
Posthumous name	Grand Marshal	太尉

Life and dates

Death

AD 837 開成二年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 53

Age

50
Reckoning Stated
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 53

Attested activity

AD 833 太和七年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 37
AD 829 太和三年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 32
AD 835 太和九年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 52
AD 831 太和五年春
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 34
AD 830 太和四年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 33
AD 825 to AD 826 寶曆中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 24, 26

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AD 837 開成二年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 53

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Prince Min of Changshan (常山湣王)
descendant 之後
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 18
Child of Father of Li Zaiyi
father 父
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 20
Child of Mother of Li Zaiyi
mother 母
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 39

Career and standing

Grand Counselor 平章事
AD 829 太和三年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 32
Palace Attendant 侍中
AD 835 太和九年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 52
Grand Guardian and Concurrent Grand Counselor 太保、同平章事
AD 831 太和五年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 35
Grand Guardian 太保
AD 830 太和四年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 33
acting Minister of Revenue 檢校戶部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 27
acting Right Vice Director 檢校右僕射
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 30

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Censor-in-Chief 御史大夫
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 27
commander of the vanguard guard 衙前都知兵馬使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 23
Sikong (Minister of Works) 司空
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 31
vice military governor of Youzhou-Lulong 幽州盧龍等軍節度副大使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 27
acting Grand Master for Splendid Happiness 檢校光祿大夫
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 23
investigating censor 監察御史
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 23
General of Chariots and Cavalry 驃騎大將軍
Recalled from mourning
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 39
defender of the Northern Capital and Hedong military governor 北都留守、河東節度
AD 833 太和七年 · Transferred
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 37
military governor of Shannan West Circuit 山南西道節度
AD 831 太和五年 · Transferred
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 36
substantive fief of three hundred households 實封三百戶
AD 829 太和三年 · Granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 32
Golden Pouch and Purple Regalia 金紫
Granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 31
Kaifu Yitong Sansi (privileges equal to the Three Ducal Ministers) 開府儀同三司
Granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 38
Grand Marshal 太尉
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 53
Prince of Wuwei Commandery 武威郡王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 27
Entered
Mourning
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 39

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 27
At Taiyuan 太原 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 37
At Xingyuan 興元 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 36
At Youzhou 幽州 · Relation Native activity
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 19, 22

Learning and skills

Skill drawing heavy bows and wrestling 挽強角牴 · Level excelled
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 21

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Li Chang (李暢) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 45-49

Events and relationships

Assaulted and tried to kill
Personal · Attacker · With Yang Zhicheng (楊志誠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 55
Campaigned against
Military · Commander · With Li Tongjie (李同捷)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 29, 31
Defeated Khitan and captured royal leader
AD 830 太和四年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 33
Disciplined Uyghur envoy
Diplomatic · Host · With Li Chang (李暢)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 45, 50
Driven out
AD 831 太和五年春 · Political · Victim · With Yang Zhicheng (楊志誠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 34
Executed wife children and troops of
Legal · Perpetrator · With Yang Zhicheng (楊志誠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 56

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Killed Zhu Yansi
Political · Killer · With Zhu Yansi (朱延嗣)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 26
Relation Subordinate of · Person Liu Ji (劉濟)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 22

Assessments and attributes

Assessment arrogant and tyrannical in later years · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 54

Source notes

Arbitrarily killed Yang Zhicheng's wife, children, and accompanying officers and soldiers
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 56

References in the histories

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History

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 180Volume 176 Biographies 126: Li Zongmin, Yang Sifu, Yang Yuqing, Ma Zhi, Li Rangyi, Weipi, Zhou Chi, Cui Guicong, Zhengsu, Lu Shang · 17 passages

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次子延嗣竊立，尋為大將李載義所殺。 Kerong's second son Yansi seized power on his own authority, but was soon killed by the general Li Zaiyi.

李載義，字方谷，常山湣王之後。 Li Zaiyi, styled Fanggu, was a descendant of the Prince Min of Changshan.

載義少孤，與鄉曲之不令者遊。 Zaiyi lost his father while still young and kept company with unruly men of the neighborhood.

劉濟為幽州節度使，見而偉之，致於親軍，從征伐。 When Liu Ji served as military governor of Youzhou, he was struck by Zaiyi's imposing bearing, enrolled him in his personal guard, and took him on campaign.

載義遂殺之，數其罪以聞。 Zaiyi then killed him, listed his crimes, and reported the matter to the court.

敬宗嘉之，拜檢校戶部尚書、兼御史大夫，封武威郡王，充幽州盧龍等軍節度副大使，知節度事。 Emperor Jingzong praised his action and appointed him acting Minister of Revenue and concurrent Censor-in-Chief, enfeoffed him as Prince of Wuwei Commandery, and made him vice military governor of the Youzhou-Lulong circuit with full control of its affairs.

載義上表，請討同捷以自效。 Zaiyi memorialized the throne, asking permission to campaign against Tongjie as proof of his loyalty.

上以載義有平滄景之功，又能恭順朝旨，再拜太保、同平章事。 Because Zaiyi had pacified Cangzhou and Jingzhou and had shown himself obedient to the court, the emperor again appointed him Grand Guardian and Concurrent Grand Counselor.

載義因召李暢與語曰：「可汗使將軍朝貢，以固舅甥之好，不當使將軍暴踐中華。 Zaiyi summoned Li Chang and said to him, "The qaghan sent you to pay tribute and strengthen the bond between uncle and nephew. He did not send you to rampage through the Central Realm.

若將軍之部伍不戢，淩侮上國，剽掠廬舍，載義必殺為盜者。 But if your men cannot keep discipline, insult this realm, and plunder people's homes, I will kill anyone who behaves like a bandit.

載義晚年驕恣，慘暴一方。 In his later years Zaiyi grew arrogant and tyrannical, ruling his region with cruel violence.