Li Yun

Li Yun may refer to:

Li Yun (Water Margin)

Li Yun is a fictional character in Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. He ranks 97th of the 108 Liangshan heroes and 61st of the 72 Earthly Fiends. He is nicknamed "Green Eyed Tiger".

Background

The novel describes Li Yun as a man with a broad face, thick eyebrows, a red beard and green eyes. He excels in martial arts, wields a saber in battle, and can fight dozens of enemies at the same time. He is nicknamed "Green Eyed Tiger" because of his appearance and combat skills. He works as a constable in Yishui County (沂水縣), Yizhou (沂州), which is in present-day Linyi, Shandong. He taught Zhu Fu martial arts before.

Becoming an outlaw

Li Kui falls into a trap set by Squire Cao and is captured. The magistrate is delighted when he hears that the outlaw has been captured. He sends Li Yun and some 30 soldiers to escort Li Kui back to the county office.

Zhu Fu and his elder brother, Zhu Gui, discuss their plans to rescue Li Kui. They agree that they cannot free Li Kui by force because they are no match for Li Yun, so they have to rescue Li Kui by trickery. The Zhu brothers then prepare food and wine spiked with drugs that will cause any person who consumes them to become temporarily unconscious. They wait at the roadside for Li Yun, his soldiers, Squire Cao and his men to pass by, and then serve them the drugged food and wine under the pretext of congratulating Li Yun for capturing Li Kui. Li Yun and the others are hungry and thirsty after travelling a long distance so they finish all the food and wine without suspecting anything. When they are out cold, the Zhu brothers free Li Kui, who then kills all his captors except Li Yun. Just as he is about to kill Li Yun, Zhu Fu stops him and tells him that Li Yun is a good man. Li Kui and the Zhu brothers then leave.

Li Yun (Tang dynasty)

Li Yun (李熅) (died 887), imperial princely title Prince of Xiang (襄王), was a pretender to the throne of the Tang dynasty, who briefly, under the support of the warlord Zhu Mei, claimed the Tang imperial throne for two months in 886-887 at the capital Chang'an, in competition with Emperor Xizong. Li Yun's brief reign was ended when Zhu's subordinate Wang Xingyu rebelled and killed Zhu. Li Yun fled to the domain of the warlord Wang Chongrong, who executed him and presented his head to Emperor Xizong.

Background

It is not known when Li Yun was born. He was a great-grandson of Li Guang (李僙) the Prince of Xiang, who was a son of Emperor Suzong, and his grandfather Li Xuan (李宣), at one point, was created the Prince of Yiwu.