Ancient China · Chu General

Qu Gai 屈丐

Attested BC 312 - BC 312

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Qu Gai was a Chu General.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 312 大破楚師於丹、淅
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 84, passage 34
BC 312 宣惠王二十一年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 109

Key source chapters

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 45 House of Han 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 84 Biographies of Qu Yuan and Master Jia 1 passage

Events and relationships

Captured
Military · Captured general · At Dan and Xi 丹、淅
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 84, passage 34

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 45House of Han · 1 passage

二十一年，與秦共攻楚，敗楚將屈丐，斬首八萬於丹陽。 In the twenty-first year, they joined Qin in attacking Chu, defeated the Chu general Qu Gai, and took eighty thousand heads at Danyang.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 84Biographies of Qu Yuan and Master Jia · 1 passage

秦發兵擊之，大破楚師於丹、淅，斬首八萬，虜楚將屈丐，遂取楚之漢中地。 Qin sent its forces to meet them and dealt a crushing defeat to the Chu army at Dan and Xi, beheading eighty thousand soldiers and capturing the Chu general Qu Gai. Qin then seized the Hanzhong territories of Chu.