Li Lin-fu (English spelling)

Japanese: 李林甫 - りりんぽ（英語表記）Li Lin-fu

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[Died] Tenpo 11 (752)
A prime minister in the mid-Tang Dynasty of China. A member of the Tang Dynasty imperial family, he held various government posts and was described as having "honey in his mouth and a sword in his belly." In 734, he became prime minister and defeated his political opponents one after another. He also gained the favor of Xuanzong by winning over his favorite concubine Wu Huifei and his favorite eunuch Gao Lishi, and wielded great power. To maintain his power, he appointed people of other ethnic groups to military command posts. An Lushan was one of them, and this was an indirect cause of the An Lushan Rebellion. After his death, Yang Guozhong accused him of plotting rebellion by allying with the Turks, so he was stripped of his official title and his children were exiled.

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[没]天宝11(752)
中国，唐中期の宰相。唐の宗室出身で諸官を歴任したが，「口に蜜あり，腹に剣あり」と評された。開元 22 (734) 年宰相となると，政敵を次々に退ける一方，玄宗の寵姫の武恵妃や寵臣の宦官高力士に取入って玄宗の気に入りとなり，権勢をふるった。権勢維持のため，大軍を率いる節度使に異民族を登用した。安禄山もその一人で，これが安史の乱の遠因になった。没後，楊国忠に，生前に突厥と結んで謀反の意ありとされ，官爵を剥奪され，子供は流罪となった。

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