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Li Kui (paleontologist)
Li Kui may refer to: *Li Kui (legalist), government minister in the Wei state * Li Kui (chancellor), chancellor of the Tang Dynasty *Li Kui (Water Margin) Li Kui is a fictional character in ''Water Margin'', one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature. Nicknamed "Black Whirlwind", he ranks 22nd among the 36 Heavenly Spirits. Background The novel depicts Li Kui as having a very d ..., fictional character in the ''Water Margin'' {{hndis, Li, Kui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Kui (legalist)
Li Kui (, 455–395 BC) was a Chinese hydraulic engineer, philosopher, and politician. He served as government minister and court advisor to Marquis Wen (r. 403–387 BC) in the state of Wei. In 407 BC, he wrote the ''Book of Law'' (Fajing, 法经), which was the basis for the codified laws of the Qin and Han dynasties. His political agendas, as well as the ''Book of Law'', had a deep influence on later thinkers such as Han Feizi and Shang Yang, who would later develop the philosophy of Legalism based on Li Kui's reforms. Life and reforms Li Kui was in the service of the Marquis Wen of Wei even before the state of Wei was officially recognised, though little else is known of his early life. He was appointed as Chancellor of the Wei-controlled lands in 422 BC, in order to begin administrative and political reforms; Wei would therefore be the first of the Seven Warring States to embark on the creation of a bureaucratic, rather than a noble-dominated, form of government. The ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Kui (chancellor)
Li Kui (李揆) (711 – May 17, 784), courtesy name Duanqing (端卿), was a Chinese diplomat, historian, and politician during the Tang Dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Suzong. Background Li Kui was born in 711, at the end of the reign of Emperor Ruizong. He was from a prominent clan that, by Li Kui's time, was domiciled in Zheng Prefecture (鄭州, in modern Zhengzhou, Henan) but which traced its ancestry to a line of prominent officials of Northern Wei, who in turn traced their ancestry to Li Fan (), a son of Li Gao, the founder of the Sixteen Kingdoms state Western Liang. (The Tang Dynasty imperial clan also traced its ancestry to Li Gao, through Li Gao's second son and successor Li Xin.) After Northern Wei, Li Kui's ancestors served as officials of Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty. Li Kui was said to be intelligent, dextrous, and studious in his youth, and he was capable in writing. During Emperor Xuanzong's reign Toward the end of Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |