Li Yuanji (李元吉) (603 – 2 July 626[1]), formally Prince La of Chao (巢剌王), more commonly known by the title of Prince of Qi (齊王), nickname Sanhu (三胡), was an imperial prince of the Chinese Tang dynasty. He was a son of the dynasty's founder Emperor Gaozu of Tang (Li Yuan), and in the intense rivalry developed between his older brothers Li Jiancheng the Crown Prince and Li Shimin the Prince of Qin, he sided with Li Jiancheng and often advocated drastic actions against Li Shimin, including assassination. In 626, Li Shimin, fearing that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were about to kill him, laid an ambush for them at Xuanwu Gate outside the palace and killed them. Li Shimin then effectively forced Emperor Gaozu to yield the throne to him (as Emperor Taizong).
^The date of the incident at Xuanwu Gate was the fourth day of the sixth month of the Wude era, which translates to July 2, 626, according to the Academia Sinica.[1].
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assigned to be under Li Yuanji's command. However, at this time, Li Shimin, apparently fearful that Li Jiancheng and LiYuanji were about to kill him,...
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were able to get to Li Shimin's mansions, where they assisted Li Shimin in planning the ambush against Li Jiancheng and LiYuanji. Li Shimin subsequently...
prefectures, Wei, believing that no one would believe Li Shimin's words that Li Jiancheng's and LiYuanji's staff members would be spared if some of them, then...
suggested that he act first against Li Jiancheng. As both Li Jiancheng and another brother who supported Li Jiancheng, LiYuanji the Prince of Qi, feared Fang's...
northern entrance to the emperor's palace. Li Shimin ambushes and eliminates his rival brothers LiYuanji and Li Jiancheng, in the Xuanwu Gate Incident....
for Li Jiancheng and another brother, LiYuanji the Prince of Qi, who supported Li Jiancheng, at Xuanwu Gate. Qin was one of the key commander of Li Shimin's...
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