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Xia Luqi (Chinese:夏鲁奇; 882–930) was a general of theLater Tang dynasty of theFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
He was born in Qingzhou (modern dayQingzhou,Shandong Province) during the lateTang dynasty.
Originally an officer under theLater Liang, he defected to Later Tang and served underLi Cunxu (Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang). He helped Zhuangzong's generalsZhou Dewei andYuan Xingqin in an attack onYouzhou, against the Later Liang generalLiu Xun in modernWei County, Handan. While waiting for assistance from later Tang generalLi Cunshen, Xia and Zhuangzong were caught in ambush set up by Liu Xun and fought their way out, killing hundreds. Zhuangzong rewarded Xia with the privilege of using the imperial surname of Li. In another battle, Xia recognized Later Liang generalWang Yanzhang and rode out by himself and pointed his lance at Wang's neck. After the conquest of Later Liang, Zhuangzong sent Xia toZhengzhou with the title of Jiedushi ofHeyang.
In March 926, Zhuangzong sent Xia to execute the family of Jiedushi of Hezhong Li Jilin (birth nameZhu Youqian), including Li Jilin's illiterate wife Lady Zhang. In May 926, Zhuangzong was killed in a mutiny, andLi Siyuan ascended the throne as Mingzong. Xia reverted to using only his original surname. In 930, as Mingzong prepared a Later Tang attack on the state of Jingnan (also calledNanping), there was a rebellion byMeng Zhixiang,Jiedushi of Xichuan andDong Zhang, jiedushi of Dongchuan. Also involved in the rebellion were generalLi Renhan,Zhao Tingyin at Hanzhou and Zhang Ye (later namedZhang Ye). The rebels attack Xia's Suizhou garrison with an army of 30,000 in October 930. Xia asked the Later Tang imperial court for assistance, and they sentShi Jingtang (who later overthrew Later Tang and became founding emperor ofLater Jin). The rebel army sent officers Kang Wentong and Gao Jingrou from Zizhou with 20,000 peasant militia to block Shi's army from reaching Suizhou.
Shortly before the Chinese lunar new year of 931, Xia committed suicide. He was posthumously made Duke of Qi (Chinese:齊國公).