executed and accusing Li Shen and Li Deyu of causing the improper execution. Emperor Xuānzong recalled Cui Yuanzao from exile and had him give an account of the case to the Office of the Imperial Censors, which subsequently submitted a report agreeing that Wu Xiang was improperly executed. As a result, Li Deyu was repeatedly demoted and exiled, eventually dying in exile, while Li Shen was posthumously stripped of three commission certificates. Notes and references Old Book of Tang, vol. 173. New Book of Tang, vol. 181. Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 241, 243, 246, 248. External links Books of the Quan Tangshi that include collected poems of Li Shen at the Chinese Text Project: Book 480 Book 481 Book 483 Book 483 846 deaths 8th-century births 8th-century Chinese historians 8th-century Chinese poets 9th-century Chinese historians 9th-century Chinese poets Chancellors under Emperor Wuzong of Tang Historians from Jiangsu Mayors of Luoyang Poets from Jiangsu Politicians from Wuxi Tang dynasty generals from Jiangsu Tang dynasty historians Tang dynasty jiedushi of Huainan Circuit Tang dynasty jiedushi of Xuanwu Circuit Tang dynasty politicians from Jiangsu Three Hundred Tang Poems poets Writers from Wuxi