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Li Shiji (594? [ 1 ] – . December 31, 669 [ 2 ]), courtesy name Maogong, posthumously known as Duke Zhenwu of Ying, was a Chinese military general and politician who lived in the early Tang dynasty.
Emperor Taizong sent Li Shiji against Li You, but before Li Shiji could engage Li You, Li You was captured by his own subordinate Du Xingmin (杜行敏) and delivered to Chang'an, where Emperor Taizong ordered him to commit suicide and executed 44 of his associates.
Li Shiji (594? [1] – December 31, 669 [2]), courtesy name Maogong, posthumously known as Duke Zhenwu of Ying, was a Chinese military general and politician who lived in the early Tang dynasty. His original family name was Xú, but he was later given the family name of the Tang imperial clan, Li, by Emperor Gaozu, the
Nov 3, 2018 · Li Shiji was one of the most important early Tang generals and was responsible for much of the dynasty's early expansion, dutifully serving 3 of the dynasty's emperors. Born to a minor landowner's family, his home province was caught in one of the worst struggles in the post- Sui anarchy.
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Template:Sui-Tang Transition Emperor Yang soon became dissatisfied with Li Yuan and Wang Rengong (王仁恭), the governor of Mayi Commandery (馬邑, roughly modern Shuozhou, Shanxi), because they were unable to stop the incursions of the Eastern Tujue and curb the growing strength of agrarian rebels. The Eastern Tujue supported Liu Wuzhou, the Dingyang Kha...
The campaign to reunify the empire
Xue Ju attacked Jing Prefecture (涇州, roughly modern Pingliang, Gansu) and Emperor Gaozu sent Li Shimin to resist him. Li Shimin established his defenses and refused to engage Xue, intending to wear down Xue Ju’s forces. However, Li Shimin became ill with malaria and let his assistants Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan (殷開山) take command, ordering them not to engage Xue Ju. Liu and Yin did not take the threat of Xue Ju seriously, and Xue Ju ambushed them at Qianshui Plain (淺水原, in modern Xianyang),...
Battle of Hulao
By the spring of 621, Luoyang was in a desperate situation, and Xia forces had not yet arrived. Luoyang's defenses, aided by powerful bows and catapults, had inflicted serious casualties on the Tang troops. Emperor Gaozu, hearing that Dou had decided to come to Wang's aid, ordered Li Shimin to withdraw, but Li Shimin sent his secretary Feng Deyi to Chang'an to explain to Emperor Gaozu that if he did withdraw, Wang would recover and again be a major threat in the future. Emperor Gaozu agreed a...
The struggle against Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji
An intense rivalry arose between Li Shimin and his older brother Li Jiancheng, who had been created Crown Prince in 618, reportedly after Emperor Gaozu first offered the position to Li Shimin as a reward for his contributions. Li Shimin's accomplishments caused people to speculate that he might displace Li Jiancheng as Crown Prince, and Li Jiancheng, an accomplished general himself, was overshadowed by his younger brother. The court became divided into a faction favoring the Crown Prince and...
One of the first actions that Emperor Taizong carried out as emperor was releasing a number of ladies in waiting from the palace and returning them to their homes, so that they could be married. He created his wife Princess Zhangsun as empress, and their oldest son Li Chengqian as crown prince. Emperor Taizong faced a crisis almost immediately, as ...
In 634, Emperor Taizong sent thirteen high level officials, including Li Jing and Xiao Yu, to examine the circuits to see whether the local officials were capable, to find out whether the people were suffering, to comfort the poor, and to select capable people to serve in civil service. Li Jing initially recommended that Wei accompany them on the e...
In 642, it was clear that Li Tai had ambitions to replace his brother Li Chengqian as Crown Prince, and the governmental officials devolved into pro-Li Chengqian and pro-Li Tai factions. Wei Zheng and Chu Suiliangurged Emperor Taizong to take action and clarify that Li Chengqian's position was secure. Taizong attempted to do this by making repeated...
By the summer of 649, Emperor Taizong was seriously ill; some suspected that his illness was caused by ingesting pills given him by alchemists. Believing Li Shiji to be capable but fearing that he would not be submissive to Li Zhi, he demoted Li Shiji out of the capital and made him commandant in the remote Die Prefecture (疊州, roughly modern Gannan...
Xiao Yu (626, 627, 630, 643-646)Chen Shuda (626)Feng Deyi (626-627)Yuwen Shiji (626-627)Taizong was the subject of a 64-chapter (in eight volumes) The Novel of the Prince of Qin of the Great Tang (大唐秦王詞話 Datang Qin Wang Cihua) by Zhu Shenglin (諸聖鄰) of the Ming Dynasty. The novel is al...Hong Kong TVB made a television drama about Li Shimin's adventure based on the The Novel of the Prince of Qin of the Great Tang (大唐秦王詞話). TVB's 1983 martial arts drama The Foundationalso featured a...In the great Chinese epic novel Journey to the West, there is a fictional account of Li Shimin’s invention of the door gods to protect him from a vengeful beheaded dragon, after the dragon's failur...Eberhard, Wolfram. A history of China. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. ISBN 0520032276.Fitzgerald, C. P. Son of heaven [a biography of Li Shih-Min, founder of the Tʻang dynasty. New York: AMS Press, 1971. ISBN 0404024041.Grousset, René. The empire of the steppes; a history of central Asia. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1970. ISBN 0813506271.Tang, Taizong, and Thomas D. Carroll. Account of the T'u-yü-hún in the History of the Chin dynasty Tsin shu.(Chinese dynastic histories translations, no. 4.) Berkeley: University of California Pres...Subscribe to China Documentary: https://bit.ly/3aPKZe4Click to Watch More：City of Joy :https://bit.ly/31lVZwEUnder the Foreign Sky III:https://bit.ly/2QlAi9Z...
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Li Jing (571 [1] – July 2, 649 [2]), courtesy name Yaoshi, [3] posthumously known as Duke Jingwu of Wei (also spelled as Duke of Wey), was a Chinese military general, strategist, and writer who lived in the early Tang dynasty and was most active during the reign of Emperor Taizong.
