Le Yanwei

Le Yanwei (樂彥瑋) (fallecido en 676), nombre de cortesía Degui (德珪), fue un funcionario de la dinastía Tang china , que sirvió brevemente como canciller durante el reinado del emperador Gaozong .

Le Yanwei era originario de Chang'an , la capital de la dinastía Tang . En 656, se desempeñaba como asistente imperial cuando Liu Hongye (劉弘業), hijo de Liu Ji , un antiguo canciller acusado de irregularidades (comparándose con los regentes históricos Yi Yin y Huo Guang ) y obligado a suicidarse por el padre del emperador Gaozong, el emperador Taizong, en 646, presentó una petición acusando al recientemente depuesto canciller Chu Suiliang de haber acusado falsamente a Liu Ji en 645. (Liu Hongye actuó a instancias del canciller Li Yifu , enemigo político de Chu y antiguo subordinado de Liu Ji). El emperador Gaozong consultó con sus funcionarios, quienes, deseosos de congraciarse con Li Yifu, aliado de la poderosa esposa del emperador Gaozong, la emperatriz Wu (más tarde conocida como Wu Zetian), se mostraron a favor de revocar el juicio contra Liu Ji. Le, sin embargo, se opuso a esto, afirmando:

Liu Ji era un funcionario importante, y su comportamiento debería haber sido apropiado. ¿Cómo pudo haber conspirado estando enfermo el emperador? El castigo que le impuso el emperador fue justo. Además, el emperador no debería ser considerado culpable. Si se revirtiera la sentencia contra Liu Ji, ¿no estaría usted afirmando que el emperador Taizong aplicó un castigo inapropiado?

Emperor Gaozong agreed and suspended further discussion. Soon thereafter, one of Le's parents died, and he left governmental service. He was soon recalled to serve as the prefect of Tang Prefecture (唐州, roughly modern Nanyang, Henan). As he went to see the emperor to thank for the commission, Emperor Gaozong remembered his willingness to stand up to Li Yifu, and kept him at the central government's examination bureau (東臺, Dong Tai) as a mid-level official. Around new year 665, Le was serving as Xi Tai Shilang (西臺侍郎) -- the deputy head of the legislative bureau (西臺, Xi Tai) -- as well as a staff member for Emperor Gaozong's crown princeLi Hong, when he was given the designation Tong Dong Xi Tai Sanpin (同東西臺三品), making him a chancellor de facto. However, about four months later, both he and his colleague Sun Chuyue were no longer chancellors. He was instead made imperial censor, succeeding Liu Rengui. He was still imperial censor in 670 when the generals Xue Rengui, Guo Daifeng (郭待封), and Ashina Daozhen (阿史那道真) suffered a major loss to Tufan forces commanded by its general Gar Trinring Tsendro ("Lun Qinling" (論欽陵) in Chinese). Emperor Gaozong sent Le to the army to investigate, and he put Xue, Guo, and Ashina in chains and delivered them back to Chang'an, where Emperor Gaozong spared their lives but removed them from their posts. Le died in 676 and was buried with honor. His son Le Sihui later also served as a chancellor, during the reign of Wu Zetian.

• Old Book of Tang, vol. 81.
• New Book of Tang, vol. 99.
• Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 201.