Li Shang

Traditional Chinese

酈商

Simplified Chinese

郦商

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lì Shāng

Li Shang (died 180 BC) was a Chinese military general and politician of the early Western Han dynasty. He was the brother of Li Yiji, an advisor to Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han dynasty.^[1] He was enfeoffed at Quzhou and awarded the noble title "Marquis of Quzhou" (曲周侯).^[2] Li Shang is generally revered as the founding ancestor of the Li (郦) surname.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Li Shang". Chinaknowledge. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
^ ^a ^b 郦姓探源 [Origin of the Li surname] (in Chinese). Government of Henan. 2011-07-05. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
^ 郦 [Li] (in Chinese). Shangyu City Library. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-19.