| NAME | |
|---|---|
| Chinese Name | 凌烈, 凌烈, Líng Liè |
| Nickname | Heir to Ling Tong's marquisate |
| Other name | Lăng Liệt |
| INFORMATION | |
| Birth Place | Yuhang, Wu Commandery (吴郡余杭; quận Ngô Dư Hàng) |
| Death Reason | Not recorded in standard chronicles |
| FAMILY | |
| Father | |
| Relatives | |
| CAREER | |
| Allegiance | Eastern Wu |
| Battles |
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Biography & Historical Record
Ling Lie (凌烈, Lăng Liệt) was the eldest son of Wu general Ling Tong (凌统, Lăng Thống), styled Gongji (公绩, Công Tích). When Ling Tong fell at the Battle of Ruxu in 217 AD at only twenty-nine sui, Sun Quan (孙权, Tôn Quyền) was so stricken that he took Ling Lie and younger brother Ling Feng (凌封, Lăng Phong) into the inner palace and raised them alongside imperial princes. On reaching adulthood Ling Lie inherited his father’s hereditary marquisate and command of Ling Tong’s veteran regiments — the standard Wu pattern of keeping a fallen hero’s line under Sun patronage. The annals give him no major independent battle like his father’s Ruxu charges; his fame is succession, orphan care, and continuity of the Ling corps.
Role in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Not named in ROTK: Ling Tong’s death and heroism appear in the novel’s Wu–Wei river wars; Ling Lie himself is a posthumous household figure in history, not a separate speaking character in Luo Guanzhong’s narrative.
Ling Lie (凌烈) — Historical & Literary Timeline
Birth in Ling clan
Son of Ling Tong; grandson of Ling Cao (凌操, Lăng Thao), who died fighting Sun Quan’s enemies.
Father’s death at Ruxu
Ling Tong killed in battle; Sun Quan adopts the orphaned sons into palace upbringing.
Succession to marquisate and troops
Sun Quan grants Ling Lie his father’s title and command of Ling Tong’s veteran units.
Family context: Ling Tong on Wikipedia.
Key Relationships
Family
- Father Ling Tong (凌统, Lăng Thống): Wu front-line commander killed at Ruxu 217.
- Brother Ling Feng (凌封, Lăng Phong): co-raised in Sun Quan’s palace after 217.
- Grandfather Ling Cao (凌操, Lăng Thao): died in service against Wu’s early rivals.
- No spouse or children attested in standard SGZ notices.
Friends
- Sun Quan (孙权, Tôn Quyền): foster patron who personally raised the Ling orphans and restored their inheritance.
- Ling Tong’s veteran officers who passed to Ling Lie’s command — continuity bond rather than named friends in prose.
Enemies
- No personal enemies recorded — inherited the Ling family’s war against Wei on the Yangtze front in general terms only.
Other
- Wu princes raised alongside Ling Lie in the palace — shared childhood at Jianye without individual names in his brief notice.
- Ling Tong (凌统, Lăng Thống): novel hero whose Ruxu death scene frames Ling Lie’s historical orphan narrative.
In Novel
Not named in ROTK
- Ling Lie (凌烈, Lăng Liệt): The novel memorializes Ling Tong (凌统, Lăng Thống) at Ruxu and in earlier Wu campaigns; Ling Lie appears only in historical succession lists as the son Sun Quan raised and later enfeoffed — no independent chapter scene.
In History
Summary
- Ling Lie (凌烈, Lăng Liệt), eldest son of Ling Tong; palace-raised by Sun Quan after 217; inherited father's marquisate and troops circa 225.
Year: 217 AD
- Ling Tong dies at Ruxu; Sun Quan takes Ling Lie and Ling Feng into palace care.
Year: c. 225 AD
- Ling Lie receives Ling Tong's hereditary rank and command of his father's army.
Historical Record
- Sanguozhi, biography of Ling Tong — Pei notes and Wu house records on orphan succession.
- Sun Quan's patronage of fallen officers' sons is a recurring Wu policy pattern.
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