Gao Xiayu (高霞寓) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Gao Xiayu as an aristocrat and general. This record brings together 10 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Gao Xiayu	高霞寓	Gao Xiayu
Given	Xiayu	霞寓	Xiayu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:141:s0152

Roles

Aristocrat
General

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died on the road / 卒於道 · Cause: abscess on the head / 疽發首 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 寶歷中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 825 · End: AD 827
Explicit · xintangshu:141:s0171

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 寶歷中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 825 · End: AD 827
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:141:s0171
Source Date: Text: 德宗初 · Western Year: AD 780
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:141:s0154
Source Date: Text: 擊劉辟 · Western Year: AD 806
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:141:s0157
Source Date: Text: 討吳元濟 · Western Year: AD 814
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:141:s0164

Career and standing

Label: military governor of Tang-Deng-Sui / 唐鄧隋節度使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xintangshu:141:s0164
Label: prefect of Pengzhou / 彭州刺史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xintangshu:141:s0158
Title: grand preceptor / 太保 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · xintangshu:141:s0171
Title: Prince of Ganyi commandery / 感義郡王 · Action: granted
Explicit · xintangshu:141:s0159

Places and affiliations

Place: Fanyang in Youzhou / 幽州范陽
Explicit · xintangshu:141:s0152

Learning and skills

Belief: Buddhism / 佛 · Relation: patron-of-shrine
Explicit · xintangshu:141:s0172
Skill: Spring and Autumn Annals and military manuals / 春秋及兵法
Explicit · xintangshu:141:s0155

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeat at Wencheng Stockade
Explicit · xintangshu:141:s0165

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: fierce but poor in planning; capricious · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · xintangshu:141:s0165, xintangshu:141:s0173
Item: Buddhist shrine Cherishing Grace / 懷恩佛祠 · Relation: built
Explicit · xintangshu:141:s0172

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 141Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao · 10 passages

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崔鄧魏衛李韓盧高 Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li, Han, Lu, and Gao

高霞寓，幽州范陽人。 Gao Xiayu was a native of Fanyang in Youzhou.

霞寓能讀《春秋》及兵法，頗以感概自尚，狡譎多變。 Xiayu could read the 《Spring and Autumn Annals》 and military manuals, prided himself on passionate resolve, and was crafty and changeable.

元和中，以左威衛將軍隨吐突承璀討王承宗，諸將多覆軍，獨霞寓有功，詔藏所獲鎧仗於神策庫以旌之。 In the Yuanhe era, as left Weiwu guard general he followed Tutu Chengcui to attack Wang Chengzong; many generals lost their armies, but Xiayu alone distinguished himself, and an edict stored the armor and weapons he captured in the Shence arsenal to honor him.

承璀已執盧從史，其軍相驚，乃遣霞寓諭之，麾而大呼曰：「元惡縛矣，公等宜自安！」 Chenghuan had already seized Lu Congshi, and Congshi's army was alarmed; he therefore sent Xiayu to instruct them, waving his hand and shouting loudly, "The chief villain is bound—you gentlemen should settle yourselves!"

即脫鎧揖而前，眾遂定，欲留為帥，霞寓間道去。 He at once removed his armor, bowed, and advanced; the troops then settled down; they wished to keep him as commander, but Xiayu left by a hidden route.

討吳元濟也，析山南東道為兩鎮，以霞寓宿將，拜唐鄧隋節度使，遏賊南沖。 In the campaign against Wu Yuanji, Shannan East Route was divided into two commands; because Xiayu was a veteran general, he was appointed military governor of Tang-Deng-Sui to block the rebels' southern thrust.

霞寓雖悍，而寡謀，統制尤非所善，始引兵趨蕭陂，戰小勝，進至文城柵，賊偽北，逐之，為伏所掩，遂大敗，才以身免。 Xiayu, though fierce, was poor in planning and especially unskilled in command; he first led troops toward Xiaobo and won a small victory, then advanced to Wencheng Stockade; the rebels feigned a retreat northward, he pursued them into an ambush, suffered a great defeat, and barely escaped with his life.

會吐蕃攻鹽、豐二州，霞寓以兵五千屯拂雲堆，虜引去。 When the Tibetans attacked Yan and Feng prefectures, Xiayu camped five thousand troops at Fuyun Mound and the barbarians withdrew.

霞寓位既高，言多不遜，帝欲罷其兵，益自憂，乃上私第為佛祠，請署曰「懷恩」，以塞帝疑。 Once Xiayu's position was high, his words were often disrespectful; the emperor wished to remove his troops; he grew still more anxious and built a Buddhist shrine at his private residence, requesting it be inscribed "Cherishing Grace" to allay the emperor's suspicions.