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Li Bing (李昞; d. 572), was a Chinese politician of the Northern Zhou dynasty, during the Northern and Southern dynasties period. He was the father of Gaozu , the founding emperor of the Tang dynasty .
Li Bing 李昺 d.572 Courtesy name Dezhen 字德真 Military Superintendent of Anzhou under the Northern Zhou, Grand Pillar-of-the-State General, and Duke Ren of Tang. Posthumously Tang Daizu. 北周安州總管 、柱國大將軍、 唐 國仁公 。（唐代祖）Duke of Tang 唐國公: Li Yuan 李淵 566–635 Gaozu 高祖 618–626: 1: 2: 4
Li Shimin was born in 598 at Wugong, in modern Xianyang, Shaanxi. [13] His father Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, was a general of the Sui dynasty, and a nephew, by marriage, to Sui's founding emperor Emperor Wen.
The Tang dynasty was interrupted by the reign of Empress Wu Zetian (AD 690–705), who after deposing her sons, declared herself the founder of a Wu Zhou dynasty (武周); the Tang dynasty was resumed by her sons following her abdication. The dynasty was named for the family title: the Li (李) family were the Dukes of Tang.
Li Bing died in 572, and Li Yuan inherited the title of Duke of Tang, a title he continued to hold after the Northern Zhou throne was seized by Emperor Wen of Sui (Yang Jian) in 581, establishing the Sui dynasty, as Emperor Wen's wife, Empress Dugu, was an aunt of his.
The future Princess Pingyang was the third daughter of Li Yuan, then Duke of Tang, a hereditary nobleman of Sui China and cousin of Emperor Yang. She was his third daughter, but the only daughter of his wife Duchess Dou, who also bore four sons -- Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin (later Emperor Taizong), Li Xuanba, and Li Yuanji.
Li Bing may refer to: Li Bing (Qin) (李冰; fl. 3rd century BC), hydraulic engineer and official of the state of Qin; Li Bing (Northern Zhou) (李昞; died 572), Northern Zhou official; Li Bing (footballer) (黎兵; born 1969), Chinese footballer and team manager; Li Bing (handballer) (李兵; born 1980), Chinese handballer
Emperor Xizong of Tang (June 8, 862 – April 20, 888), né Li Yan, later name changed to Li Xuan (Chinese: 李 儇, changed 873), was an emperor of China's Tang dynasty. He reigned from 873 to 888. He was the fifth son of his predecessor Emperor Yizong and was the elder brother of his successor Emperor Zhaozong.