Guo Zihe

Li Zihe (?–664) was an anti-king during the Sui dynasty. His original surname was Guo (郭), but he was later bestowed the family name of the Tang imperial clan, Li (李), by Emperor Gaozu, the Tang dynasty's founding emperor. Ancestral home to the Tongzhou (同州) Pucheng (蒲城). President Zuo Yiwei during the Sui Dynasty, because of the crime in exile in Yulin (榆林). In 617, during the last years of Daye (大業; Emperor Yang of Sui's era name), he rebelled against the Sui dynasty, proclaiming himself the King of Yongle and changing the era name to Zhengping (正平) or Chouping (醜平).

In 618, he surrendered to the Tang dynasty, and he was awarded the main of the Lingzhou (靈州), the Duke of Jinhejun (金河郡), in 619, to seal the Public of Cheng (郕). In 622, the attendants were able to pacify the renewed rebellion of Liu Heita, give the family name is Li and give the general of Youwuwei. In 637, he was a Cishi of Wuzhou (婺州), to the Public of Yi (夷). He died in 664.

Father

 * Guo Tai Gong (郭太公)

Brothers

 * Guo Zizheng (郭子政)
 * Guo Ziduan (郭子端)
 * Guo Zisheng (郭子昇)

Bibliographies

 * New Book of Tang (新唐書) Volume 92
 * Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 183, 185, 188, 190, 194.