Overview
Sheji was a general and Military Officer.
PeriodSui and Tang
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 747 to AD 750 初Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 74
- AD 713 to AD 741 開元末Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 2, 4-5, 7
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝)father 父Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 2, 4
Career and standing
- general of the Palace Guards 諸衛將軍AttainedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 2
- Ten-General of the Four Garrisons 四鎮十將AttainedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 2
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 2
- At Anxi 安西 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 4
- At Hexi 河西 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 2
Events and relationships
- First served with the Hexi armies and rose through accumulated serviceMilitary · OfficerDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 2
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment regarded Xianzhi as timid and slow and feared he could not support himself · Object Person Id Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝) · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Sheji (舍雞)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 74
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 2