牛李党争 / Niu-Li Party Struggle

The 牛李党争 / Niu-Li Party Struggle is the late-Tang factional conflict used by 76.玄怪录：晚唐党争？没耽误宰相写大马猴的故事 to place [[NiuSengru|牛僧儒]] before reading [[XuanGuaiLu|《玄怪录》]]. The episode names [[LiDeyu|李德裕]], [[LiZongmin|李宗闵]], and 牛僧儒 as central figures, and treats the conflict as more than personal animus.

The source frames the struggle as a mixture of faction, social background, policy disagreement, and reputation warfare. That makes it useful for Late Tang Political Poetics: literary authorship, suspected forgery, and moral accusation can become part of political conflict alongside court appointments and frontier policy.

Connections

• [[NiuSengru|牛僧儒]], [[LiDeyu|李德裕]], and [[LiZongmin|李宗闵]] - main figures as presented by the source.
• [[ZhouQinXingJi|《周秦行纪》]] - disputed text used as a factional-slander case.
• Late Tang Political Poetics - concept extended by the episode.
• 唐传奇 / Tang Chuanqi - literary field placed inside the political environment.