Li Gui (warlord)

Li Gui
Reign14 August 617 – June 29, 619
BornUnknown
Diedc.July 619
Full name
Era name and dates
Ānlè (安樂): November 26, 618 – June 29, 619
DynastyLiáng (涼)

Li Gui (Chinese: 李軌; died c.July 619), courtesy name Chuze (處則), was the emperor of a short-lived state of Liang, which he established at the end of the Chinese Sui dynasty. He governed the parts of modern Gansu west of the Yellow River. In 618, he briefly considered submitting to Emperor Gaozu of Tang (Li Yuan), with whom they both believed he had a distant family relationship, but ultimately rejected the idea. In June 619, the Tang dynasty official An Xinggui (安興貴) pretended to submit to him, and then started an uprising at his capital Wuwei (武威, in modern Wuwei, Gansu), overthrowing him and turning him over to Emperor Gaozu, who executed him.