Song, Liao, and Jin · General

Baisha 白撒

Attested AD 1221

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Baisha was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1221 興定五年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 134, passage 161

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 134Volume 134 Biographies 72: Foreign Countries 1: Xixia · 3 passages

五年正月，詔樞密院議夏事，奏曰：「夏人聚兵境上，欲由會州入，已遣行省白撒伏兵險要以待之。 In the first month of the fifth year the Bureau of Military Affairs was ordered to discuss Xia affairs; they reported: "Xia is massing troops on the border and intends to enter through Huizhou; Branch Secretariat Baisha has already been sent to set ambushes at strategic passes.

十月，攻龕谷，白撒連敗之。 In the tenth month they attacked Longgu; Baisha defeated them repeatedly.

是歲，大元兵問罪夏國，延安、慶原元帥府欲乘夏人之困弊伐之，陝西行省白撒、合達以為不可，乃止。 That year Great Yuan forces moved against Xia. The Yan'an and Qingyuan Marshal's headquarters wished to strike Xia while they were exhausted, but Shaanxi Branch Secretariat Baisha and Heda objected and the plan was abandoned.