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Li Deming

Type Figure Region Western Xia Time 981–1032 Also known as Li Deming, ruler of Xia、Li Deming, Prince of Xiping、Zhao Deming

Second leader of Western Xia and son of Tangut chief Li Jiqian, born 981 and died March 1032;…

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  1. 1004–1020Lingzhou · LingzhouIn 1004, succeeding Li Jiqian, he was enfeoffed by Song Zhenzong as military commissioner of Dingnan and Prince of Xiping, and granted the name Zhao Deming. He professed submission to both Song and Liao in exchange for trade and investiture, developing agriculture, pastoralism and Silk Road commerce in the Hexi Corridor.
  2. 1020–1032Xingqing Prefecture · Xingqing PrefectureEnfeoffed by Song as ruler of Xia in 1020, his status steadily rose. In his later years he maintained peace with Song, though his son Li Yuanhao increasingly harbored ambitions of independent statehood. He died in March 1032; Li Yuanhao succeeded, and Western Xia then moved toward rupture with Song and formal imperial declaration.

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