Fu Yanqing, ne Li Yanqing, courtesy name Guanhou, formally the Prince of Wei, nicknamed Fu Disi, was a Chinese military general, monarch, and politician of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou states, as well as the Liao dynasty and Song dynasty.
17 Facts About Fu Yanqing
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Li Yanqing was born in 898, near the end of the Tang dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang.
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Fu Yanqing's father, then known as Li Cunshen but who was born with the name of Fu Cun, was an adoptive son of and general under the major late-Tang warlord Li Keyong the Prince of Jin.
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Li Fu Yanqing was said to be the fourth-born son of Li Cunshen's, but only the identities of two of his older brothers, Li Yanchao and Li Yanrao, were recorded in history; he had at least two younger brothers, Li Yanneng and Li Yanlin.
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Li Fu Yanqing continued to serve as an officer of Li Cunxu's imperial guards.
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Fu Yanqing was later made the prefect of Qing Prefecture and, at imperial direction, built a fort to try to entice Dangxiang tribesmen to submit to Later Tang.
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Early in Shi Jingtang's reign, Fu Yanqing was made the military governor of Kuangguo Circuit.
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However, he did recall Fu Yanqing to serve as a general of the imperial guards, but later sent him back out of the capital to serve as the military governor of Baoda Circuit.
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Fu Yanqing was instead given a few thousand weaker soldiers and stayed near Kaifeng.
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When Li saw this, he apologized to Fu Yanqing and begged forgiveness.
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Fu Yanqing was thereafter moved to Pinglu Circuit, and given the honorary chancellor title Zhongshu Ling ; he was created the Duke of Wei.
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Fu Yanqing sent secret emissaries to Yedu, where Guo Wei was at the time, to kill Guo, but the news leaked, and Guo was able to escape death, although his family members remaining at Kaifeng were killed.
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Fu Yanqing awarded the Kaifeng mansion of Liu Chengyou's close associate Liu Zhu, whom he had executed, to Fu.
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Fu Yanqing gave Fu Yanqing the honorary title of Taishi.
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Fu Yanqing was described to not like drinking, and was humble to those who came to see him.
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Fu Yanqing considered keeping Fu at Kaifeng to command the imperial army.
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Fu Yanqing was given posthumous honors, and his funeral expenses were paid for by the imperial treasury.