Sui and Tang · Goguryeo General

Eulji Mundeok 乙支文德

Attested AD 612

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Eulji Mundeok was a Goguryeo General.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 612 征高麗
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 61, passage 83

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Yuwen Shu (宇文述)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 88

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 61Volume 61 Biographies 26: Yu Wenshu, Guo Yan · 4 passages

會乙支文德來詣其營，述先與于仲文俱奉密旨，令誘執文德。 It happened that Eulji Mundeok came to his camp. Shu had earlier received a secret order together with Yu Zhongwen to lure and seize Mundeok.

既而緩縱，文德逃歸，語在《仲文傳》。 Thereafter they relaxed their guard, and Mundeok escaped and returned—the account is in the 《Biography of Zhongwen》.

時文德見述軍中多饑色，欲疲述眾，每鬥便北。 At that time Mundeok saw that many in Shu's army showed signs of hunger and wished to wear down Shu's force. Each time they fought he retreated northward.

文德複遣使偽降，請述曰：「若旋師者，當奉高元朝行在所。」 Mundeok again sent envoys in feigned surrender, telling Shu, "If you withdraw your army, we will present Gao Yuan at his traveling palace."