Li Rusong

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Li Rusong
Chinese	李如松
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Rúsòng
Zimao (courtesy name)
Chinese	子茂
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zǐmào
Zhonglie (posthumous name)
Chinese	忠烈
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngliè

Li Rusong (1549–1598) was a Chinese general of the Ming dynasty from Tieling, Liaodong. He was a Ming army commander in the first half of the Imjin War that took place in the Korean peninsula. Upon the request of the Korean King Seonjo of Joseon, the Ming Wanli Emperor sent reinforcements to support the Korean military in its war effort against the Japanese invasion masterminded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.^[1]

His father, Li Chengliang, was also a Ming general, who defended Liaodong from the Jurchens.^[2] Based on historical documents, Li Rusong's 6th generation ancestor Li Ying (李英) was originally from present-day North Korea, but there are historical documents which state that the further ancestors were from central China who moved to Korea during wartime.

Li Rusong was ultimately captured and executed when the Mongols invaded Liaodong province.