Li Zhengji 李正己

Other names

Family

• Sibling of Li Wei (李洧)
  brother 兄弟 · Uncertain siblings · paternal line
  Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 213, passage 29
• Kin of Hou Xiyi (侯希逸)
  cousin via paternal aunt 表親 · paternal line
  Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 213, passage 2
• Child of Father of Li Zhengji (李正己父)
  father 父
  Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 213, passage 2
• Kin of Mother of Hou Xiyi (侯希逸母)
  paternal aunt 姑 · paternal line
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 2
• Parent of Li Na (李納)
  son 子
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 17

Origins and identity

• Koguryo 高麗
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 1

Career and standing

• director of military affairs 兵馬使
  Appointed · Authority Hou Xiyi (侯希逸)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 8
• military governor 節度使
  Appointed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 9
• regimental commander of the Zhechong unit 折沖都尉
  Appointed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 2
• acting Minister of Works 檢校司空
  Held
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 15
• co-director of the Secretariat-Chancellery 同中書門下平章事
  Held
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 15
• deputy commander of Yingzhou 營州副將
  Held
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 2

Places and affiliations

• Tang 唐
  Relation Served
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passages 2, 9
• At Qingzhou 青州 · Relation Traveled to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 2
• At Yingzhou 營州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 2
• At Yun 鄆 · Relation Moved headquarters to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 17
• At Zi, Qing, Qi, Hai, Deng, Lai, Yi, Mi, De, and Di prefectures 淄、青、齊、海、登、萊、沂、密、德、棣十州 · Relation Controlled
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 10

Events and relationships

• Acclaimed
  Political · Kingmaker · With Hou Xiyi (侯希逸)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 89
• Campaigned against
  AD 762 to AD 763 寶應中 · Military · Scout · With Shi Chaoyi (史朝義)
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passage 3
• Killed son of Xuanzhi
  Political · Killer · With Son of Wang Xuanzhi (王玄誌之子)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 89
• Raced and humiliated
  AD 762 to AD 763 寶應中 · Contest · Challenger · With Uyghur chieftain (回紇大酋)
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passages 5-7
• Rebelled with
  AD 780 to AD 783 建中初 · Rebellion · Conspirator · With Tian Yue (田悅), Liang Chongyi (梁崇義), Li Weiyue (李惟嶽) · At Jiyin 濟陰
  Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passages 18-19
• Seized prefectures
  Military · Commander · At Cao, Pu, Xu, Yan, Yun 曹、濮、徐、兗、鄆
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 12

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment harsh and terrifying ruler; no one dared whisper in pairs · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 14

Source notes

• Bought famed Bohai horses yearly without cease; levies and corvée were even; called the strongest buffer lord.
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 13
• Petitioned for and was granted attachment to the imperial clan register.
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 16
• From Huaiyu 懷玉 · To Zhengji 正己 · By imperial-grant
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 10