Li Heng 李衡

Records Courtesy name 叔平 Shuping이형숙평

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OccupationROfficial · Administrator of DanyangFaction
AppearsRBiography in
BornNative placeXiangyang Commandery
ExistenceHistoricalMentionsR5

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Li Heng was Administrator of Danyang under Wu. He has no biography of his own in the Records, and in Chen Shou's main text he appears twice, in the passage on Sun Xiu in the Biographies of the Three Successor Rulers in Records of Wu 3. Records, Wu 3 §20 · 25

After Zhuge Ke took power, Li Heng repeatedly harassed on various pretexts Sun Xiu, Prince of Langya, who had been moved to Danyang Commandery, so that Sun Xiu petitioned the throne and moved to Kuaiji. When Sun Xiu became emperor, Li Heng, because of the suspicion arising from past events, gave himself up to the officials in charge, but in the 1st year of Yong'an (258) Sun Xiu issued an edict sending him back to his commandery and telling him not to harbor misgivings. Records, Wu 3 §20 · 23–25

Chen Shou's main text does not record his courtesy name, his origin or his death, and the Records contain no assessment of him. He does not appear in the Romance. Records, Wu 3 §20 · 25

In the Records

Sun Xiu, the sixth son of Sun Quan, was enfeoffed as Prince of Langya in the 1st month of the 2nd year of Taiyuan (252) and lived at Hulin. In the 4th month of that year Sun Quan died and Sun Xiu's younger brother Sun Liang succeeded to the throne; Zhuge Ke, who held power, did not want the princes to be in the military strongholds along the Yangtze, and moved Sun Xiu to Danyang Commandery. When Li Heng, Administrator of Danyang, repeatedly harassed Sun Xiu on various pretexts, Sun Xiu petitioned the throne asking to be moved to another commandery, and an edict moved him to Kuaiji. Records, Wu 3 §20

Several years later, when Sun Liang was deposed, Sun Chen sent men to receive Sun Xiu, and Sun Xiu took the throne in what was the 3rd year of Ganlu (258) of Wei, proclaiming a general amnesty and changing the era name. Records, Wu 3 §21 · 23

On the day renwu of the 10th month, in winter of the 1st year of Yong'an (258), Sun Xiu issued an edict granting offices and titles to Sun Chen and the others who had received him. He issued another edict saying that Li Heng, Administrator of Danyang, had given himself up to the officials in charge because of the suspicion arising from past events, but that shooting the belt hook and cutting off the sleeve had each been done for the lord of the time, and ordering that Li Heng be sent back to his commandery and not be made to harbor misgivings. Records, Wu 3 §24–25

These two passages are the only places in Chen Shou's main text where Li Heng appears. His courtesy name, his origin, when he became Administrator of Danyang, what became of him afterward and his death are not recorded, and the Records contain no assessment of him either. Records, Wu 3 §20 · 25

Written by 3KDEX (not yet reviewed) — The tags at the end of each paragraph link to the exact passage in the Records volume or Romance chapter it is based on.

Abilities

This person does not appear in the Romance, so only the Records score (Chen Shou’s main text) is given.

LEASTRINTPOLCHAVIRADPSCHDIPDIS
Records
  • LEA38
  • STR31
  • INT40
  • POL45
  • CHA38
  • VIR32
  • ADP52
  • SCH35
  • DIP38
  • DIS35
Each ability out of 100

Evidence by ability

  • LeadershipR38Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his post as Administrator of DanyangWu 3 §20

  • StrengthR31Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his post as AdministratorWu 3 §20

  • IntelligenceR40Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his post as AdministratorWu 3 §20

  • PoliticsR45Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his post as Administrator of DanyangWu 3 §20Wu 3 §25

  • CharismaR38Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his post as AdministratorWu 3 §20

  • VirtueR32

    RRepeatedly harassed Sun Xiu on various pretextsWu 3 §20

  • AdaptabilityR52

    RAfter Sun Xiu's accession, gave himself up to the officials in charge, was pardoned and returned to his commanderyWu 3 §25

  • ScholarshipR35Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his post as AdministratorWu 3 §20

  • DiplomacyR38Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his post as AdministratorWu 3 §20

  • DiscernmentR35Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his post as AdministratorWu 3 §20

Records Unverified No direct record; scored from their actions (evidence grade C)

3KDEX scoring — the Records use the main text of Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms; the Romance uses the 120-chapter Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Click a source tag to open that passage in the reader.