entity Updated 2026-08-22 Tags: Person, Tang, Ruler, China

李渊 / Li Yuan (Tang)

李渊 / Li Yuan enters the wiki through Qinji 131-2 as the future Tang founder in the Jinyang-palace drinking story. The page uses the LiYuanTang slug to avoid collision with 李源 / 李元, the Warring States Chu succession actor already in the wiki.

In the source’s account, 裴寂 hosts Li Yuan, keeps pressing drink, and arranges palace women in a way that leaves Li Yuan exposed to punishment under 杨广. 李世民 and Pei Ji then turn that danger into an argument for rebellion: if exposure means death anyway, Li Yuan may as well act first.

The source treats this as the episode’s “drinking can accomplish things” counterexample, but with a strong qualification. Alcohol creates the irreversible situation; it does not supply Li Yuan’s later ability, family support, or political capacity.

Connections

  • 李世民 - son involved in pushing Li Yuan toward rebellion in the source’s story.
  • 裴寂 - banquet organizer and persuader.
  • 杨广 - emperor whose palace women and bed make the episode’s danger politically lethal.
  • 酒作为权力催化剂 - concept for the drinking setup as catalyst rather than complete cause.