Sui and Tang · Official Murdered by Wu Shaocheng

Chen Xianqi 陳仙奇

Attested AD 785

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Xianqi was an official Murdered by Wu Shaocheng.

Life and dates

Death

Murdered · Killed by Wu Shaocheng (吳少誠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 158

Attested activity

AD 785 貞元初
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 158

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu · 1 passage

初平希烈，吳少誠殺陳仙奇，上以襄、鄧要厄，三年，除襄州刺史、山南東道節度等使，割汝、隨隸焉。 After Li Xilie was subdued, Wu Shaocheng murdered Chen Xianqi. Considering Xiang and Deng strategic passes, in 787 the court appointed Li Gao prefect of Xiang Prefecture and military commissioner of Shannan East Circuit, attaching Ru and Suizhou to his jurisdiction.