Li Shang Explained

T:酈商
S:郦商
P:Lì Shāng

Li Shang (died 180 BC) was a Chinese military general and politician of the early Western Han dynasty. He was the brother of Li Yiji, an advisor to Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han dynasty.[1] He was enfeoffed at Quzhou and awarded the noble title "Marquis of Quzhou" (曲周侯).[2] Li Shang is generally revered as the founding ancestor of the Li (郦) surname.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Li Shang . Chinaknowledge . 2013-11-19.
  2. Web site: http://www.rootinhenan.com/rootinhenan/html/2011/7/119447.htm . zh:郦姓探源 . Origin of the Li surname . Government of Henan . Chinese . 2011-07-05 . 2013-11-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002550/http://www.rootinhenan.com/rootinhenan/html/2011/7/119447.htm . 2013-12-03 .
  3. Web site: http://www.sylib.com/syxs/sy_show.asp?id=91 . zh:郦 . Li . Shangyu City Library . Chinese . 2013-11-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234904/http://www.sylib.com/syxs/sy_show.asp?id=91 . 2013-12-02 .