Song, Liao, and Jin · General

Guo Ang 郭昂

Attested AD 1264 - c. AD 1286

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Guo Ang was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1264 to AD 1270 至元初
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 133
c. AD 1277 to c. AD 1286 楫江西道任內
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 191, passages 69, 72-73

Key source chapters

History of Yuan, Chapter 191 Volume 191 Biographies 78: Virtuous Officials 1 1 passage
History of Yuan, Chapter 199 Volume 199 Biographies 86: Recluses 1 passage

Career and standing

Marshal 元帥
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 133

Events and relationships

Ordered to suppress Dong Qi
Military · Pacifier · With Dong Qi (董旗)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 72

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 191Volume 191 Biographies 78: Virtuous Officials 1 · 1 passage

改江西道提刑按察副使，行省命招討郭昂討叛賊董旗，兵士俘掠甚眾，楫詢究得良民六百口，遣還鄉里。 Transferred to Vice Intendant of the Judicial Investigation Commission for Jiangxi Circuit. When the Branch Secretariat ordered Pacifier Guo Ang to suppress the rebel bandit Dong Qi, soldiers captured and plundered in great numbers. Ji investigated and found six hundred ordinary people among the captives, whom he sent back to their hometowns.

History of Yuan, Chapter 199Volume 199 Biographies 86: Recluses · 1 passage

至元初，元帥郭昂屢薦為儒學官，不就。 Early in the Zhiyuan era Marshal Guo Ang repeatedly recommended him for a Confucian office, but he declined.