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Li Siqi

Type Figure Region Henan Time c. 1323–1374 Also known as Li Siqi (traditional)、Courtesy name Shixian

Li Siqi (c. 1323–1374), courtesy name Shixian, of Luoshan, Henan, who rose with Chagatai Temür against the Red Turbans, held Guanzhong, and died in 1…

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  1. 1351–1362Luoshan · HenanA native of Luoshan, he raised troops together with Chagatai Temür to suppress the Red Turbans, campaigning across Henan and Shaanxi, and became one of the principal garrison generals of Guanzhong.
  2. 1363–1369Chang'an · ShaanxiHe held forces in Shaanxi, independent of Köke Temür; when Köke Temür marched west into Guanzhong to attack him, Li Siqi and others gathered at the ruins of Hanyuan Hall in Chang'an to swear an alliance of resistance, and the stalemate lasted for years. After Ming forces entered Shaanxi he fled to Lintao and surrendered to Ming in the second year of Hongwu.
  3. 1369–1374Yingtian (Nanjing) · JiangsuAfter surrendering to Ming he held posts including administrator-in-chief of the Central Secretariat. The Hongwu emperor sent him to persuade Köke Temür, who had crossed the frontier, to submit; the latter first received him courteously, but on the return journey a rider demanded 'one token to remember you by,' and Li Siqi cut off his arm and gave it to him, dying in the capital shortly afterward (ninth month of Hongwu seven). The 'executed for treason' claim in the Lan Yu case of Hongwu twenty-six is a misattribution—Li Siqi had been dead for over ten years.

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