Sui and Tang · General

Wang Qiyan 王棲巖

Attested AD 799

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Qiyan was a general.

Life and dates

Death

killed in mutiny 殺
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 141, passage 111

Attested activity

AD 799 軍亂
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 141, passage 111

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 141Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao · 1 passage

是夜，噪而亂，全義縋以逸，殺其親將王棲巖、趙虔曜等，軍虞候高崇文誅亂首，眾乃定，全義得赴屯。 That night they clamored and rioted; Quanyi lowered himself by rope and escaped; they killed his close generals Wang Qiyan, Zhao Qianyao, and others; the army adjutant Gao Chongwen executed the ringleaders, and the troops then settled down; Quanyi was able to take up his post.