Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Sui General and Pillar of State

Yuan Xie 元諧

Attested AD 581 - AD 600

Passages: 5
Chapters: 4
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuan Xie was a Sui General and Pillar of State.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 587 七年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 133
AD 581 to AD 600 吐谷渾寇邊
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 43, passage 169
AD 583 吐谷渾寇邊
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 67
AD 581 開皇元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 53, passage 11
AD 582 to AD 600 開皇間宴
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 51, passage 20

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Commander-in-Chief 元帥
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 67
Supreme Pillar of State 上柱國
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 20
Duke of Le'an 樂安公
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 133

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 53, passage 11
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 133; Book of Sui 56, passage 67

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 133

Events and relationships

Campaigned against Tuyuhun
Military · Commander · With Yang Da (楊達)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 43, passage 169
Commanded the campaign against a Tuyuhun raid on Liangzhou.
Campaign
Directly stated · Book of Sui 53, passage 11
Led campaign against Tuyuhun
AD 583 吐谷渾寇邊 · Military · Commander · With Linghu Xi (令狐熙)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 56, passage 67
Urged beheading Abo
AD 587 七年 · Political · Advisor · With Abo (阿波)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 132-133

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 20, 133

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 8: He Jian Wanghong, Yang Chugang, Yang Zichong, Guang De, Wang Xiong · 1 passage

時吐谷渾寇邊，詔上柱國元諧為元帥，達為司馬。 When the Tuyuhun raided the frontier, Yuan Xie was appointed commander with Da as his chief of staff.

Book of Sui, Chapter 51Volume 51 Biographies 16: Zhang Sunlan · 2 passages

上常命覽與安德王雄、上柱國元諧、李充、左僕射高熲、右衛大將軍虞慶則、吳州總管賀若弼等同宴，上曰：「朕昔在周朝，備展誠節，但苦猜忌，每致寒心。 The emperor frequently had Lan dine with Prince Ande Xiong, Supreme Pillar of State Yuan Xie, Li Chong, Left Vice Director Gao Hui, General of the Right Guard Yu Qingze, and Wu Prefecture area commander He Ruo Bi, and said, "When I was still in the Zhou court I served with complete loyalty, yet I lived under endless suspicion and was repeatedly left heartsick.

樂安西元諧曰：「請就彼梟首，以懲其惡。」 Yuan Xie, Duke of Le'an, said, "Let them behead him where he stands to punish his crimes."

Book of Sui, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 18: Daxi Zhangru, Helou Zigan, Shi Wansui, Liu Fang · 1 passage

開皇元年，進爵鉅鹿郡公．其年，吐谷渾寇涼州，子幹以行軍總管從上柱國元諧擊之，功最優，詔褒美．高祖慮邊塞未安，即令子幹鎮涼州．明年，突厥寇蘭州，子幹率眾拒之，至可洛峐山，與賊相遇．賊眾甚盛，子幹阻川為營，賊軍不得水數日，人馬甚敝，縱擊，大破之．於是冊授子幹為上大將軍曰：「於戲！ In the first year of Kaihuang he was advanced to duke of Julu commandery. That year the Tuyuhun raided Liangzhou; Zigan, as commander on campaign under the pillar of state Yuan Xie, won the highest distinction, and an edict praised him. Fearing the frontier was still unsettled, Gaozu immediately posted Zigan to garrison Liangzhou. The next year the Turks raided Lanzhou; Zigan led troops to meet them at Mount Keluoqi. The enemy force was overwhelming. Zigan dammed the stream and encamped; for days the enemy could not reach water, and men and horses wore out. He then struck and broke them utterly. An investiture document appointed him grand general of the first rank, reading: “Ah!

Book of Sui, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 21: Lu Kai, Ling Huxi, Xue Zhou, Yu Wenbi, Zhang Heng, Yang Wang · 1 passage

時吐谷渾寇邊，以行軍長史從元帥元諧討之，以功進位上開府。 When Tuyuhun raided the frontier, he served as chief administrator on campaign under Commander-in-Chief Yuan Xie. For his merit he was promoted to senior pillar of state.