The Rebellion of Yi Yi

Japanese: 李璮の乱 - りたんのらん

In China, in 1262 (3rd year of the Zhongtong era), Li Wei (?-1262), a Han Marquis of Shandong who had connections to the Southern Song, defected to the Yuan dynasty. Li Wei was from Wei County, Shandong Province, and his courtesy name was Songshou. His father, Li Quan, rose from being the leader of a band of thieves that arose during the unrest caused by the Mongol invasion of the Jin Dynasty in the early 13th century, and skillfully mediated between the intertwining forces of the Jin, Mongol, and Southern Song to build the greatest power in Shandong. Later, he became too confident in his power and invaded the Southern Song, where he was defeated and killed in Yangzhou (1231). Li Wen, who succeeded him after the defeat, remained subservient to the Mongols for the next 30 years, but spent most of his time trying to regain his own power. During that time, he was attracted by the profits of smuggling with the Southern Song, which he engaged in in violation of national bans. As a result, he took advantage of the internal strife in the Mongol Empire following the accession to the throne of Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty and responded to the instigation of Li Zong of the Southern Song, who was plotting to recover his native land.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，1262年(中統3)，南宋に通じた山東の〈漢人世侯〉李璮(？‐1262)が元朝に離反した事件。李璮は山東省濰県の人，字は松寿。父李全は，13世紀初頭以来のモンゴルによる金国侵入がもたらした擾乱（じようらん）の間に起こった盗賊集団の首領から身を興し，金，モンゴル，南宋3勢力の交錯する間に巧みに介在して山東随一の勢力を築いた。のち勢力を過信するの余り南宋を侵して揚州に敗死する(1231)。敗残の後を受け継いだ李璮は，爾来モンゴルに服属しつつもっぱら自己勢力の挽回を図ること30年，その間国禁を犯して従事した南宋との密貿易の利にひかれた結果，おりから元朝世祖の即位に伴うモンゴル帝国の内訌に乗じ，故地回復を企てる南宋理宗の教唆に応じた。

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