Personal information Li Keyong

father

li guochang, posthumously honored emperor wenjing (honored 923)


mother

lady qin, posthumously honored empress wenjing (honored 923)


wife

lady liu, later honored consort dowager (honored 923)


major concubines

lady cao, mother of princes cunxu, cunba, , cunji, later honored empress dowager (honored 923), posthumously honored empress zhenjian
lady chen, lady of wei, concubine emperor zhaozong of tang, later became buddhist nun dharma name of zhiyuan (智願), master jianfa (建法大師), master yuanhui (圓惠大師), posthumously honored master guangguo (光國大師)
lady zhang, formerly wife of li kuangchou


children

li cunxu (李存勗) (885–926), later emperor zhuangzong of later tang
li cunba (李存霸), later prince of yǒng (note different tone brother s title) (created 925, killed in mutiny 926)
li cunmei (李存美), later prince of yōng (note different tone brother s title) (created 925)
li cunli (李存禮), later prince of xue (created 925)
li cunwo (李存渥), later prince of shen (created 925, killed 926)
li cunyi (李存乂), later prince of mu (created 925, executed emperor zhuangzong 926)
li cunque (李存確), later prince of tong (created 925, killed chonghui/huo yanwei 926)
li cunji (李存紀), later prince of ya (created 925, killed chonghui/huo yanwei 926)
li tingluan (李廷鸞)
li luoluo (李落落) (killed luo hongxin 896)
li cunju (李存矩) (assassinated 917)
eldest daughter, born empress dowager cao, wife of meng zhixiang, later grand princess qionghua (created 923?/925?) , grand princess fuqing (created 930)
daughter, wife of wang ye (王鄴), nephew of wang chucun
daughter, wife of wang ke
daughter, wife of wang yu (王郁), son of wang chuzhi


adoptive children

li cunxin (李存信), né zhang wuluo (張污落) (862–902)
li cunxiao (李存孝), né jingsi (安敬思) (executed 894)
li cunzhang (李存璋) (died 922)
li cunzhi (李存質)
li cunhao (李存顥) (executed 908)
li cunshi (李存實)
li cunshen (李存審), ne fu cun (符存) (died 924)
li cunjing (李存敬) (killed li chong (李沖) 926)
li cunjin (李存進), né sun chongjin (孫重進) (857–922)
li cunxian (李存賢), né wang xian (王賢) (860–924)
li cunzhen (李存貞)
li siyuan (李嗣源), later emperor mingzong of later tang
li siben (李嗣本), né zhang (張), created weixin khan (created 913, killed in battle 916)
li si en (李嗣恩), né luo (駱) (died 918)
li cunru (李存儒), né yang po er (楊婆兒)



the thirteen grand-guardians

the ming dynasty novel romance of last years of tang , 5 dynasties history (殘唐五代史演義) author allegedly luo guanzhong, focused on li keyong s 13 grand-guardian (太保), sons or adoptive sons according novel. in history, li cunxu son while li siyuan, li cunxin , li cunxiao adoptive sons. li sizhao adoptive nephew; kang junli , shi jingsi not adopted li keyong, hence different surnames. of other ones mentioned in novel, li cunzhi (李存直) based on homonymous li cunzhi (李存質); while li cunjiang (李存江), li cunlong (李存龍), li cunhu (李存虎), li cunbao (李存豹) , li cunshou (李存受) not found in history , might based on li cunjin, li siben (李嗣本), li si en (李嗣恩), li cunzhang , li cunshen.

in novel, li cunxiao 13th grand-protector , main character. modern adaptations of novel include:

the heroic ones (十三太保), 1970 hong kong film, starring ku feng li keyong , david chiang li cunxiao.
general stone (十三太保李存孝), 1976 hong kong film, starring woo kei li keyong , tan tao-liang li cunxiao.
the wild bunch (十三太保), 1982 hong kong television series, starring paul chun li keyong , felix wong li cunxiao.
in 2007, hong kong tvb planned series titled thirteen treasures (李克用與十三太保) elliot yue li keyong , ron ng li cunxiao, project abolished after filming teaser.




^ history of 5 dynasties, vol. 49.
^ while many historical resources such new history of 5 dynasties, zizhi tongjian , autumn , spring of ten kingdoms referred meng zhixiang s wife daughter of li keyong s younger brother li kerang, epitaph referred eldest daughter of li keyong , born empress dowager cao, full eldest sister of li cunxu.