Du Shaoqian (杜少誠)

Overview

Du Shaoqian was a rebel General under Li Xilie.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 784 其年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 150
AD 783 to AD 784 德宗幸奉天
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 134
AD 784 興元
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 150

Key source chapters

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135 Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu 3 passages
Old Book of Tang, Chapter 126 Volume 122 Biographies 72: Zhang Xiancheng, Lu Sigong, Qu Huan, Jin Hanheng, Yang Chaocheng, Fan Ze, Li Shuming, Pei Zhou 2 passages
Old Book of Tang, Chapter 130 Volume 126 Biographies 76: Li Kui, Li Han, Chen Shaoyou, Lu Yue, Pei Xu 2 passages

Career and standing

false Vice Director 偽僕射
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 150
Huainan military commissioner 淮南節度
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 150

Places and affiliations

Polity Li Xilie's rebel regime 李希烈偽政權 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 150

Events and relationships

Ordered to pacify Shouzhou then take Guangling; blocked at Huoqiu
Military · Commander · With Zhang Jianfeng (張建封)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 150-151
Relation Subordinate of · Person Li Xilie (李希烈)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 150

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 150

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 126Volume 122 Biographies 72: Zhang Xiancheng, Lu Sigong, Qu Huan, Jin Hanheng, Yang Chaocheng, Fan Ze, Li Shuming, Pei Zhou · 2 passages

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希烈聞之大怒，即署其大將杜少誠為偽僕射、淮南節度，令先平壽州，後取廣陵。 Xilie was enraged and immediately appointed his great general Du Shaoqian false Vice Director and Huainan military commissioner, ordering him first to pacify Shouzhou and then take Guangling.

建封於霍丘堅柵，嚴加守禁，少誠竟不能進。 Jianfeng built strong palisades at Huoqiu and guarded them strictly; Shaoqian could not advance.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 130Volume 126 Biographies 76: Li Kui, Li Han, Chen Shaoyou, Lu Yue, Pei Xu · 2 passages

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希烈聞之大怒，即署其大將杜少誠為偽僕射、淮南節度，令先平壽州，後取廣陵。 Xilie was furious and appointed his general Du Shaoqian false vice director and military commissioner of Huainan, ordering him first to take Shouzhou and then Guangling.

建封於霍丘堅柵，嚴加守禁，少誠竟不能進。 Jianfeng fortified Huoqiu and held it strictly. Shaoqian could not break through.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu · 3 passages

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時希烈已屠汴州，又遣驍將杜少誠將步騎萬餘來寇蘄、黃，將絕江道。 Li Xilie had already sacked Bian Prefecture and now sent the fierce general Du Shaocheng with more than ten thousand infantry and cavalry against Qi and Huang, aiming to sever the river route.

少誠至，分兵圍之，部隊未嚴，聲鼓而三柵齊出奮擊，不為行陣，賊亂，少誠敗走，斬首萬級，封屍為京觀。 Du Shaocheng arrived and sent detachments to encircle the camps before his lines were fully set. At the blast of the drums all three camps charged at once in a headlong assault. The rebels broke, Du Shaocheng fled, and ten thousand heads were taken. The bodies were heaped into a victory mound.

練兵積糧，市回鶻馬益騎兵，堂大畋以教士，少誠憚之。 He trained troops, stockpiled grain, bought Uighur horses to expand his cavalry, and held great hunts to drill his men. Wu Shaocheng grew wary of him.