Li clan of Zhao Commandery

{{Short description|Chinese aristocratic family}}

The Li clan of Zhao Commandery (趙郡李氏), also known as Li clan of Zhao State (趙國李氏),《汉魏南北朝墓志汇编》：魏故持節龍驤將軍督營州諸軍事營州刺史征虜將軍太中大夫臨青男」崔公之墓誌銘」祖秀才諱殊，字敬異。夫人從事中郎趙國李休女。」父雙護，中書侍郎冠軍將軍豫州刺史安平敬侯。夫人中書趙國李詵女。」君諱敬邕，博陵安平人也。夫其殖姓之始，蓋炎帝之胤。其在隆周，遠祖尚父，」實作太師，秉旄鷹揚，剋佐揃殷。若乃遠源之富，弈世之美，故以備之前冊，不」待詳□。君即豫州刺史安平敬侯之子。冑積仁之基，累榮構之峻，特稟清貞，」少播令譽。然諾之信，著於童孺，瑤音玉震，聞於弱冠。年廿八而俊華茂實，以」響流於京夏矣。被旨起家，召為司徒府主簿，納贊槐衡，能和鼎味。俄而轉」尚書都官郎中。時高祖孝文皇帝將改制創物，大崇革正，復以君兼吏部」郎。詮敘彝倫，九流斯順。太和廿二年春，宣武皇帝副光崇正，妙簡宮衛，復」以君為東朝步兵。景明初，丁母憂還家，居喪致毀，幾於滅性。服終，朝廷以」君膽思凝果，善謀好成，臨事發奇，前略無滯。徵君拜為左中郎將大都督中」山王長史。出圍偽義陽，城拔凱旋。君有協規之效，功績隆盛，授龍驤將軍太」府少卿臨青男。忠勳之稱，實顯於茲。永平初，聖主以遼海戎夷，宣化佇賢，」肅慎契丹，必也綏接，於是除君持節營州刺史，將軍如故。君軒鏕始邁，聲猷」以先，麾蓋踐疆，而溫膏均被，於是殊俗知仁，荒嵎識澤，惠液途於逋遐，德潤」潭於邊服。延昌四年，以君清政懷柔，宣風自遠，徵君為征虜將軍太中大夫。」方授美任，而君嬰疾連歲。遂以熙平二年十一月廿一日卒於位。縉紳痛惜，」姻舊咸酸，依君績行，蒙賜左將軍濟州刺史，加謚曰貞，禮也。孤息伯茂，銜哀」在疚，摧號罔斷，泣庭訓之崩沉，淚松楊之以樹，洞抽絕其何言，刊遺德於泉」路。其辭曰：」綿哉遐冑，帝炎之緒，爰歷姬初，祖唯尚父。曰周曰漢，榮光繼武，邁德傳輝，儒」賢代舉。於穆叡考，誕質含靈，秉仁岳峻，動智淵明。育善以和，獎幹以貞，響發」邽丘，翼起槐庭。慶鍾盛世，皇澤遠融，入參彝敘，出佐邊戎。謀成轅幕，績著」軍功，為城飆偃，蠢境懷風。王恩流賞，作捍東荒，惠沾海服，愛洽遼鄉。天」□方渥，簡爵唯良，如何倉昊，國寶淪光。白楊晦以籠雲，松區杳而煙邃，藐□」叫其崩怨，親賓□而垂淚，仰層穹而摧號，痛尊靈之長秘，誌遺德兮何陳，篆」幽石兮深隧。嗚呼哀哉。{{Cite book |author=沧州市文物局编 |title=《沧州出土墓志》 |location=北京 |publisher=科学出版社 |date=August 2007 |pages=十四–十六 |isbn=978-7-03-019523-4 |url= |language= zh-cn }}{{Citation| last=倪| first=润安| author-link=倪润安| year=2013年| title=《河北曲阳北魏崔楷墓的年代及相关问题》| periodical=《中国国家博物馆馆刊》| volume=| issue=2期| pages=25–34| url=http://www.cnki.com.cn/Article/CJFDTOTAL-ZLBK201302003.htm| doi=| oclc=| archive-date=2021-03-11| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311084639/http://www.cnki.com.cn/Article/CJFDTOTAL-ZLBK201302003.htm |url-status=live}} is an eminent Chinese family of high-ranking government officials and Confucian scholars. The clan's ancestral home is in Zhao Commandery (趙郡), which covered parts of present-day North China.

The founder of this clan is Li Mu (李牧), military General of the State of Zhao during the Warring States period.{{Cite book |title=两汉魏晋南北朝时期关东豪族研究 |last=尹建东著 |publisher=成都：四川大学出版社 |date=April 2007 |isbn=978-7-5614-3661-5 |location= |pages=161–162}}

During the Tang dynasty, the Li clan of Zhao Commandery, the Cui clan of Boling, the Cui clan of Qinghe, the Lu clan of Fanyang, the Zheng clan of Xingyang (滎陽鄭氏), the Wang clan of Taiyuan (太原王氏) and the Li clan of Longxi (隴西李氏) were seven families who were legally banned from intermarriages.{{citation|title=The Transformation of Medieval Chinese Elites (850-1000 C.E.)|first=Nicolas Olivier|last=Tackett|year=2006|url=http://history.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/slides/Dissertation.pdf|page=67|access-date=2016-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220551/http://history.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/slides/Dissertation.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|first=William H.|last=Nienhauser|title=Tang Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader|url=https://archive.org/details/tangdynastytales00nien|url-access=limited|year=2010|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=978-981-4287-28-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/tangdynastytales00nien/page/n104 78]}}