1Li Jing, Tang dynasty general and military theorist, credited with defeating the Eastern Turks and Tuyuhun; also the name of the folk deity 'Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King' (托塔天王), father of Nezha in 《封神演义》
Lǐ Jìng bāngzhù Táng Tàizōng dǎxià le Dà Táng de jiāngshān.
Li Jing helped Emperor Taizong of Tang establish the empire.
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A Tang tale, 《虬髯客传》, made him a romantic hero: a singing girl with a red whisk, 红拂女, elopes with the young Li Jing, and with a curly-bearded stranger, 虬髯客, the three are remembered as the 风尘三侠, 'the three heroes of the wind and dust'.
