Li Shih-min

or Li Shi·min

[ Chinese lee shœ-meen ]

noun

1. T'ai Tsung.

Example Sentences

However this may be, Li Shih-min continued the policy which had been pursued since the beginning of the Sui dynasty by the members of the deposed Toba ruling family of the Northern Chou—the policy of collaboration with the Turks in the effort to remove the Sui.

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It is doubtful whether that family was purely Chinese, and in any case Li Shih-min's descent from it is a matter of doubt.

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The nominal leadership in the rising that now began lay in the hands of Li Shih-min's father, Li Yüan; in practice Li Shih-min saw to everything.

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The result of this was tension between Li Shih-min and his father and brothers, especially the heir to the throne.

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The young Chinese commander, Li Shih-min, succeeded in giving the Turks the impression that large reinforcements were on the way; a Chinese princess who was with the Turks spread the rumour that the Turks were to be attacked by another tribe—and Shih-pi raised the siege, although the Chinese had been entirely defeated.

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