李崇 / Li Chong (Xin Western Regions protector)

Overview

李崇 / Li Chong enters the wiki through Hanji 652 as Wang Mang’s Western Regions protector whose remaining force retreats to 龟兹 after 王骏’s failed expedition.

Current Profile

Li Chong’s current profile is an institutional-collapse profile rather than a full biography. As Western Regions protector under 新朝, he is sent west with Wang Jun and 郭清 in the same mission that ends with Yanqi’s ambush.

After Wang Jun’s group is killed, Li Chong gathers the remaining troops and stays at Qiuci. The episode says that after Wang Mang’s regime collapses and Li Chong dies, the Western Regions break contact with ancient China, making him a last thin institutional link in this source’s frontier narrative.

Key Characteristics

• Xin-era Western Regions protector.
• Co-dispatched with Wang Jun and Guo Qing during Wang Mang’s failed western mission.
• Survives the ambush branch and consolidates remnants at Qiuci.
• Functions as a residual institutional link before later disconnection.
• Current evidence is limited to the Hanji 652 frontier episode.

Evidence

• Office and mission: Hanji 652 names Li Chong as Western Regions protector dispatched with Wang Jun and Guo Qing.
• Remnant consolidation: Hanji 652 says he gathers residual troops and retreats to Qiuci after Wang Jun’s force is destroyed.
• Contact-break claim: Hanji 652 says Western Regions contact breaks after Wang Mang’s fall and Li Chong’s death.

Qualifications

This page should not be read as a full account of the Western Regions Protectorate under Xin. The exact institutional continuity from Western Han to Xin, Li Chong’s full office history, and the mechanics of later contact loss remain source-scoped.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 652 as the residual Xin Western Regions protector figure.

Relationships

• 西域都护府 - institution represented by Li Chong in the source.
• 王莽 - ruler under whom Li Chong serves.
• 王骏 and 郭清 - co-dispatched Western Regions actors.
• 龟兹 - retreat location for Li Chong’s remaining troops.
• 弃边失屏 - related concept because the source links lost authority to later disconnection.