Kang Junli

Kang Junli (康君立) (847–894) was a military general in imperial China's Tang Dynasty, serving the Shatuo leader Li Keyong.

He was eventually killed by Li Keyong for speaking ill of the already deceased Li Cunxiao, with whom he did not get along.

Kang Junli was from a powerful family in Yuzhou (蔚州; in modern Yu County, Hebei) near Tang Dynasty's northern border. Some time in the 870s, he was serving as an assistant captain (牙校) under Duan Wenchu (段文楚), the Yunzhou (雲州; modern Datong, Shanxi) defense commissioner (防禦使). At that time the Tang Dynasty was overran by bandits, and Duan did not treat his soldiers well, even reducing their salaries. In 878, Kang, as well as Xue Zhiqin (薛志勤), Cheng Huaixin (程懷信), Wang Xingshen (王行審) and Li Cunzhang plotted with Li Jinzhong (李盡忠), Yunzhou's Shatuo armed commander (兵馬使), to join Li Keyong. Kang was sent to Yuzhou to persuade Li Keyong to mutiny. When Li Keyong expressed he needed to report this to his father Li Guochang in Zhenwu Circuit (振武, headquartered in modern Hohhot, Inner Mongolia), Kang uttered: "Now that the secret is out, delays may bring trouble. How could (we) afford the time to report this to (someone) thousands of li away?" Li Keyong then agreed to act, resulting in the overthrow and execution of Duan.

In 888, Kang was named the "southern bandit suppression commissioner" (南面招討使) and given 20,000 soldiers to assist Li Keyong's ally Li Hanzhi recover his former territory Heyang (河陽; headquartered in modern Luoyang, Henan). Li Cunxiao, Xue Atan (薛阿檀), Shi Yan (史儼), An Quanjun (安全俊) and An Xiuxiu (安休休) were under his command. They were defeated by Zhu Quanzhong's forces and withdrew after An Xiuxiu fled.

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