Gao Pian (高駢) | 24 Histories

Overview

Gao Pian was an official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 879 to AD 887 高駢死
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 127

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21Volume 21 Later Liang Biographies 1: Jing Xiang, Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu, Ge Congzhou, Huo Cun, Zhang Cunjing, Fu Daozhao, Liu Han, Kou Yangqing · 1 passage

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蓋自高駢死，唐以梁兼統淮南，遂與孫、楊爭，凡三十年間，三舉而三敗。 From Gao Pian’s death Tang entrusted Huainan to Liang, and for thirty years Liang contended with Sun and Yang—three campaigns, three defeats.