Li Jing

A famous general of the Tang Dynasty in China. His real name was Yakshi. He was from Sanyuan, Yongzhou (Sanyuan County, Shaanxi Province). His father, Sen, was a local governor of the Sui Dynasty. Jing first served the Sui Dynasty, but was saved from being killed by Li Yuan, the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He served Li Yuan's son, Li Shimin (later Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty), and played an active role in suppressing the warlords and fighting the Turks. After Shimin ascended to the throne, he held successive high-ranking positions, and was a particularly skilled commander in the battles against the Turks and the Tuyuhun. He is one of the 24 nobles whose portraits are painted in the Lingyan Pavilion, and is one of the two great generals along with Li Ji. He was buried in a large secondary tomb consisting of three mountains at Emperor Taizong's Zhaoling Mausoleum.

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中国、唐の名将。本名は薬師。雍(よう)州三原（陝西(せんせい)省三原県）の人。父の詮(せん)は隋(ずい)の地方長官。靖は初め隋に仕え、唐の高祖李淵(りえん)に、斬られようとしたところを助けられ、李淵の子の李世民（後の唐の太宗）に仕え、群雄討伐や突厥(とっけつ)との戦いに活躍した。世民の即位後、大官を歴任し、とくに突厥や吐谷渾(とよくこん)との戦いでは有能な司令官であった。凌煙閣(りょうえんかく)に肖像を描かれた24人の功臣の1人で、李勣(りせき)と並ぶ二大名将である。太宗の昭陵では、とくに三山よりなる大きな陪塚(ばいちょう)に葬られた。

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