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科舉: 進士(籠統)
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粱谿先生文集
靖康傳信錄
建炎進退志
建炎時政記
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梁溪集
論語詳說(李綱)
張忠文節誼錄:一卷
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[1]Name, dates, and identityThe person is identified as Li Gang, a Song official and prominent anti-Jin figure. The main biographical tradition gives 1083–1140, while another record gives 1085 as the birth year; the courtesy names and posthumous title are also documented.
CBDBLi Gang (8078)The main person record gives Li Gang’s name, 1083–1140 dates, Song affiliation, courtesy names, posthumous title, and the Wuxi and Shaowu places associated with his registration.
Souyun李綱 (27793)The biographical entries identify him as a Song official and anti-Jin figure, give 1083–1140, and record Boji, the Liangxi sobriquets, Shaowu, and residence in Wuxi from his grandfather’s generation.
WikidataLi Gang (Q1391913)The item supplies the English name and the Boji, Liangxi, and Zhongding aliases. Its date claims give 1085 and 1140, so 1085 is presented as a birth-year variant rather than silently reconciled with the 1083 biographical tradition.
[2]Family and marriageLi Gang’s father was Li Kui, his father-in-law was Zhang Gen, his wife was Zhang Shi, and his brothers included Li Wei, Li Jing, and Li Lun; Li Kui’s recorded dates are 1047–1121.
CBDBLi Gang (8078)The kinship entries identify Li Kui as father, Zhang Gen as father-in-law, Zhang Shi as wife, and Li Wei, Li Jing, and Li Lun as brothers; Li Kui is dated 1047–1121.
[3]Children and in-lawsThe kinship entries identify Li Yizhi, Li Zongzhi, Li Angzhi, and Li Maozhi as sons, and Zhang Tan and Fan Duanzhi as sons-in-law.
CBDBLi Gang (8078)The kinship entries identify Li Yizhi, Li Zongzhi, Li Angzhi, and Li Maozhi as sons, and Zhang Tan and Fan Duanzhi as sons-in-law.
[4]Examination and early officesLi Gang earned the jinshi degree in the second year of Zhenghe, held censorial and court offices, was transferred after offending powerful figures, and was demoted to supervise the Shaxian tax office before becoming Taichang Shaoqing.
CBDBLi Gang (8078)The examination entry classifies Li Gang as a jinshi, without specifying the examination year in that field.
Souyun李綱 (27793)The biographies give the 1112 jinshi degree, the censorial and court appointments, the transfer after offending powerful figures, the 1119 demotion to supervise Shaxian taxes, and the later appointment as Taichang Shaoqing.
[5]Resistance during the Jingkang crisisDuring the Jin advance, Li Gang submitted a blood-written memorial proposing Huizong’s abdication in favor of the crown prince. Under Qinzong he held military and court offices, advocated resistance, opposed moving the capital, and directed the defense when the Jin crossed the river.
CBDBLi Gang (8078)The office entries list Vice Minister of War and Shangshu youcheng, corroborating two of the offices in the Jingkang-period career.
Souyun李綱 (27793)The biographies describe the blood memorial, the offices under Qinzong, Li Gang’s resistance policy and opposition to moving the capital, and his direction of the defense that made the Jin withdraw.
[6]Dismissal after the peace debateLi Gang was dismissed for opposing peace and insisting on war, restored to office, and then resigned when the advance was halted. The accounts preserve two different descriptions of his subsequent demotion and placement.
Souyun李綱 (27793)The biographies preserve both the account of demotion, placement, and exile and the account of restoration, the Privy Council appointment, the halted advance, the Yangzhou appointment, and dismissal for insisting on war.
CBDBLi Gang (8078)The office data include the Guwen dian xueshi appointment appearing in one version of the career.
[7]Early Gaozong periodWhen the Jin returned, Li Gang was placed in charge of Kaifeng and led Hunan relief troops after receiving orders near Changsha. Under Gaozong he held the chief councillor’s office, with the specific title differing between the right and left Pushe formulations, served as Imperial Camp Commissioner, and recommended Zong Ze.
Souyun李綱 (27793)The biographies describe Li Gang’s charge of Kaifeng, his Hunan relief force, the two forms of the chief appointment under Gaozong, his Imperial Camp office, his alliance policy, and his recommendation of Zong Ze.
CBDBLi Gang (8078)The office data give the left Pushe and Menxia Shilang formulation with 1127, while the association data name Zong Ze, documenting the alternative title and the connection with the recommended general.
[8]Later dismissal and political careerLi Gang opposed Gaozong’s move toward the southeast, was forced from the chancellorship by the peace faction, and lived in Ezhou. The duration of his chancellorship and the failure of his later resistance plans are preserved in differing formulations.
Souyun李綱 (27793)The biographies record opposition to moving southeast, obstruction by the peace faction, residence in Ezhou, the 75-day, over-70-day, and 77-day formulations, the unaccepted resistance plans, and the repeated rise and fall of his career.
[9]Shaoxing appointmentsIn the Shaoxing period Li Gang returned to office as a Huguang commissioner and prefect of Tanzhou, later served in Jiangxi and Hongzhou, and in 1139 was appointed to Tanzhou and the Jinghu South Circuit but declined.
Souyun李綱 (27793)The biographies give the Shaoxing 2, 5, and 9 appointments, the memorial on attack, defense, administration, and pacification, the Tanzhou and Hongzhou offices, and his refusal of the later appointment.
CBDBLi Gang (8078)The office data list the Tanzhou and Hongzhou appointments and the Jinghu South Circuit pacification office, with 1135 and 1139 dates corresponding to the Shaoxing chronology.
[10]Death and posthumous honorsLi Gang died in Shaoxing 10 (1140) at 58, received the posthumous rank Shaoshi and the Longxi Kaiguo Gong title, and was given the posthumous title Zhongding.
Souyun李綱 (27793)The biographies state that he died in Shaoxing 10 at 58, was granted Shaoshi and Longxi Kaiguo Gong, and received the posthumous title Zhongding.
CBDBLi Gang (8078)The main record gives the 1140 death year and identifies Zhongding as a posthumous title.
[11]Anti-Jin policy and influenceLi Gang’s political program centered on resistance to the Jin, including fighting, preparation, opposition to moving the capital and peace negotiations, and alliance with the two river regions. The biographies connect Zong Ze and Han Shizhong with him and describe him as a prominent anti-Jin figure who enjoyed broad esteem.
Souyun李綱 (27793)The biographies describe his lifelong advocacy of resistance, fighting, preparation, opposition to moving the capital and peace negotiations, the alliance with the two river regions, the withdrawal of the Jin, and his links with Zong Ze and Han Shizhong.
CBDBLi Gang (8078)The association records preserve material about Li Gang’s defensive planning, firm resistance, and recruitment of relief forces, and name Zong Ze among the connected figures.
[12]Poetry, prose, and worksLi Gang was accomplished in poetry and prose and also wrote ci poetry. The sources list the 180-volume Liangxi ji, variant titles for the collected writings, Liangxi ci and its alternate title, and a number of historical, philosophical, and literary works.
Souyun李綱 (27793)The literary entries describe his poetry, prose, and ci writing, give the 180-volume Liangxi collection, preserve the collected-work title variants, and identify Liangxi ci as another name for Li Zhongding gong changduanju.
CBDBLi Gang (8078)The works entries list the collected writings, Jingkang chuanxin lu, Jianyan jintui zhi, Jianyan shizheng ji, Yizhuan neiwai pian, Liangxi ji, Lunyu xiangshuo, and Zhang Zhong wenjie yilu in one volume; the first title preserves the 粱谿 variant.
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Souyun李綱 (27793)The biographical entries identify him as a Song official and anti-Jin figure, give 1083–1140, and record Boji, the Liangxi sobriquets, Shaowu, and residence in Wuxi from his grandfather’s generation.
WikidataLi Gang (Q1391913)The item supplies the English name and the Boji, Liangxi, and Zhongding aliases. Its date claims give 1085 and 1140, so 1085 is presented as a birth-year variant rather than silently reconciled with the 1083 biographical tradition.