Sui and Tang · Rebel General

Gao Xiuyan 高秀巖

Attested AD 749 - AD 759

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gao Xiuyan was a rebel General.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 749 八載
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 225
AD 757 to AD 759 高秀巖...復叛
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 191

Events and relationships

Defected then rebelled again
Military · Actor · With Shi Siming (史思明)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 191
Took fortress
AD 749 八載 · Military · Assault commander · At Shibao Fortress 石堡城
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 225

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 225; New Book of Tang 56, passage 191

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 56Volume 56 Treatises 52: Punishment and Law · 1 passage

初，史思明、高秀巖等皆自拔歸命，聞珣等被誅，懼不自安，乃復叛。 At first Shi Siming, Gao Xiuyan, and others had all willingly defected and submitted. Hearing that Xun and others had been executed, they feared for their lives and rebelled again.