Guo Zihe Explained

Yongle Wang
Succession:Yongle
Reign:March 617July 618
Death Date:664
Full Name:Family name

Guo (郭)/Li(李)
Given name: Zihe (子和)

Era Name:Zhengping/Chouping
Era Dates:March 617July 618
Father:Guo Tai Gong
Yiguogong
P:Yí Guógōng
W:I2 Kuo2-kung1
Y:Yi4 Gwok3gung1
L:"Duke of Yi"
Also Known As:Li Zihe
P2:Lǐ Zǐhé
Y2:Lei5 Ji2wo4
L2:(personal name)
Altname3:Guo Zihe
P3:Guō Zǐhé
Y3:Gwok3 Ji2wo4
L3:(personal name)

Li Zihe (; ?–664) was an anti-king during the Sui dynasty. His original surname was Guo (郭), but he was later bestowed the family name of the Tang imperial clan, Li (李), by Emperor Gaozu, the Tang dynasty's founding emperor.[1] Ancestral home to the Tongzhou (同州) Pucheng (蒲城). President Zuo Yiwei during the Sui Dynasty, because of the crime in exile in Yulin (榆林). In 617, during the last years of Daye (大業; Emperor Yang of Sui's era name), he rebelled against the Sui dynasty, proclaiming himself the King of Yongle and changing the era name to Zhengping (正平) or Chouping (醜平).[2] [3]

In 618, he surrendered to the Tang dynasty, and he was awarded the main of the Lingzhou (靈州), the Duke of Jinhejun (金河郡), in 619, to seal the Public of Cheng (郕).[4] In 622, the attendants were able to pacify the renewed rebellion of Liu Heita, give the family name is Li and give the general of Youwuwei. In 637, he was a Cishi of Wuzhou (婺州), to the Public of Yi (夷). He died in 664.

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Notes

  1. Sima Guang, et al. Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 190.
  2. Ouyang Xiu, et al. New Book of Tang. vol. 92, Biography 17: “自號永樂王,建元醜平⋯⋯”
  3. Sima Guang, et al. Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 183: “自稱永樂王,改元丑平。”
  4. Sima Guang, et al. Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 185: “乙卯,榆林賊帥郭子和遣使來降。以為靈州總管。”
  5. The Old Book of Tang and New Book of Tang lose his name, because Guo Zihe bestowed the title of Taigong (太公) to his father, so his father is said to be Guo Tai Gong.