Li Chong 李崇

In the 13th year of Chiwu (250) Sun Quan made his son Sun Liang Crown Prince, and in that year a divine being gave him a writing telling him to change the era name and set up an empress. In the 5th month, summer, of the following year, the 1st year of Taiyuan (251), he made Lady Pan empress, proclaimed a general amnesty and changed the era name. Records, Wu 2 §108–110

Before this, in Luoyang (羅陽) County of Linhai Commandery there was a spirit that called itself Wang Biao. It wandered about among the common people, and its speech, eating and drinking were no different from a person's, but its form could not be seen; it had a single maidservant, named Fangji. In that month the Gentleman of the Secretariat Li Chong was to go, carrying the seal and ribbon of General Who Supports the State and Prince of Luoyang, and receive Wang Biao. Records, Wu 2 §110

Wang Biao came out together with Li Chong, and when he held discussions with Li Chong and with the commandery administrators, prefects and chiefs of the places they passed through, Li Chong and the others could not get the better of him. At every mountain and river they passed, Wang Biao sent his maidservant to exchange word with the spirit of that place. In the 7th month, autumn, Li Chong and Wang Biao arrived, and Sun Quan built a residence for Wang Biao outside the Canglong Gate and several times sent close attendants to take him wine and food. When Wang Biao spoke of minor matters such as floods and droughts, his words often came true. Records, Wu 2 §110–111

Sun Quan returned from sacrificing at the southern suburb and fell ill and took to his bed. In the 2nd month of the 2nd year of Taiyuan (252) the era name was changed to Shenfeng, and the generals and officials went to Wang Biao several times to pray for blessings, but Wang Biao fled and vanished. In the 4th month, summer, Sun Quan died. The Biography of the Lord of Wu records nothing further of what Li Chong did in this affair. Records, Wu 2 §112–113

When Sun Liang first took personal charge of government and began to question many matters, Sun Chen grew very afraid and stayed away from court, pleading illness. Sun Chen went in to remonstrate, but Sun Liang did not listen, and at last conferred with the princess Sun Luban, the Minister of Ceremonies Quan Shang and the general Liu Cheng about killing Sun Chen. When Sun Liang's consort told Sun Chen of the plot, Sun Chen led his followers in a night attack on Quan Shang, sent his younger brother Sun En to kill Liu Cheng outside the Canglong Gate, and then surrounded the palace. The Biographies of the Three Successor Rulers record this as happening on the day wuwu of the 9th month of the 3rd year of Taiping (258). Records, Wu 19 §87–88Records, Wu 3 §18

Sun Chen had the Superintendent of the Imperial Household report to the ancestral temple and depose Sun Liang, and summoned the officials, telling any who did not agree to put forward a different opinion. All trembled with fear and answered, 'We will do only as the General commands.' Sun Chen sent the Gentleman of the Secretariat Li Chong to seize Sun Liang's imperial seal and ribbon, and proclaimed Sun Liang's crimes far and near. When the Master of Writing Huan Yi refused to sign, Sun Chen grew angry and killed him. Sun Liang was deposed as Prince of Kuaiji; he was sixteen at the time. On the advice of the Commandant of the Guard Shi Zheng, Sun Chen decided to summon Sun Xiu, Prince of Langya, and set him on the throne. Records, Wu 19 §88–90Records, Wu 3 §18

These two passages are the only places in Chen Shou's main text where Li Chong appears, and his courtesy name and origin, his later deeds and his death are not recorded. He does not appear in the assessment of the Biography of the Lord of Wu or in that of the Biographies of Zhuge, Teng, the Two Suns and Puyang either. Records, Wu 2 §110–111 · 115Records, Wu 19 §89 · 108–109