Gao Xinggui (高行珪)

Overview

Gao Xinggui was an official and General.

Life and dates

Death

AD 926 to AD 933 明宗入立
At at his command 鎮
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 186, 191

Attested activity

AD 907 仁恭被囚，守光立
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 171
AD 895 克用以劉仁恭守幽州
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 165, 170
AD 911 to AD 913 其後守光背晉，晉兵攻之
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 173, 183-184
AD 926 to AD 933 明宗入立
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 186, 191
AD 923 to AD 926 莊宗時
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 185

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Gao Xingzhou (高行周)
cousin 從兄弟 · Through Gao Siji (高思繼), Elder brother of Gao Siji (高思繼兄某)
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 170
Child of Elder brother of Gao Siji (高思繼兄某)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 170
Parent of Son of Gao Xinggui (高行珪子)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 174, 176

Career and standing

Prefect of Wuzhou 武州刺史
AD 907 仁恭被囚，守光立 · Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 171
yamen officer 牙將
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 170
Datong Army military commissioner 大同軍節度使
AD 923 to AD 926 莊宗時 · Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 185
Prefect of Lanzhou 嵐州刺史
AD 923 to AD 926 莊宗時 · Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 185
Prefect of Shuozhou 朔州刺史
AD 923 to AD 926 莊宗時 · Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 185
Prefect of Xinzhou 忻州刺史
AD 923 to AD 926 莊宗時 · Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 185

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Military commissioner of Anyuan 安遠節度使
AD 926 明宗入立 · Transferred
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 186
Military commissioner of Weisheng 威勝節度使
AD 926 明宗入立 · Transferred
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 186
Grand Marshal 太尉
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 191

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Surrendered to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 184
Polity Later Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 185-186
Polity Yan 燕 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 171
At Wuzhou 武州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 171, 175

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Fan Yan'ce (範延策)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 190
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Yuan Xingqin (元行欽)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 177-178
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 180-181

Events and relationships

Falsely denounced
Legal · Accuser · With Fan Yan'ce (範延策)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 190
Refused defection
Military · Besieged · With Yuan Xingqin (元行欽) · At Wuzhou 武州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 175, 179
Suppressed garrison revolt
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 188-189
Surrendered to Jin
AD 911 to AD 913 其後守光背晉，晉兵攻之 · Military · Surrenderer
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 184
Relation Superior of · Person Fan Yan'ce (範延策)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 187

Assessments and attributes

Assessment greedy and base; much illegal conduct · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 187

References in the histories

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History

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Miscellaneous Biographies 28: Lu Wenjin, Li Jinquan, Yang Siquan, Yin Hui, Wang Hongzhi, Liu Shenjiao, Wang Zhou, Gao Xingzhou, Bai Zairong, An Shuqian · 14 passages

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〈（行珪附）〉 (Xinggui appended)

仁恭以其兄某之子行珪為牙將，而思繼子行周年十餘歲，亦收之帳下，稍長，補以軍職。 Rengong made Siji’s elder brother’s son Xinggui a yamen officer. Xingzhou, Siji’s son, was barely over ten; he also took him into his tent; as he grew he was given military posts.

仁恭被囚，守光立，以行珪為武州刺史。 Rengong was imprisoned; Shouguang rose and made Xinggui Wuzhou prefect.

守光將元行欽牧馬山後，聞守光且見圍，即率所牧馬赴援，而麾下兵叛於道，推行欽為幽州留後，行欽曰：「吾所憚者行珪也。」 Shouguang’s general Yuan Xingqin was herding horses beyond the mountains. Hearing Shouguang was nearly besieged, he at once led the herd to the rescue; but his troops mutinied on the road and installed Xingqin as Youzhou regent. Xingqin said: “What I fear is Xinggui alone.”

兵過武州，招行珪曰：「守光可取而代也。 The army passed Wuzhou and summoned Xinggui: “Shouguang can be taken and replaced.

行珪謝曰：「與君俱劉公將，而忍叛之？ Xinggui declined: “We were both General Liu’s officers—how bear to betray him?

行欽即以兵圍行珪。 Xingqin then surrounded Xinggui with troops.

月餘，行珪城中食盡，召其州人告曰：「吾非不為父老守也，今劉公救兵不至，奈何？ After more than a month the city’s food was exhausted. He summoned the prefecture people and said: “It is not that I will not guard you, elders—but Liu’s rescue troops have not come. What can be done?

是時，行周適從行珪在武州，即夜縋行周馳入晉見莊宗，莊宗因遣明宗救武州。 At that time Xingzhou happened to be with Xinggui at Wuzhou. That night he let Xingzhou down the wall and galloped to Jin to see Zhuangzong; Zhuangzong sent Mingzong to rescue Wuzhou.

比至，行欽已解去，行珪乃降晉。 When they arrived Xingqin had already withdrawn; Xinggui then surrendered to Jin.

行珪性貪鄙，所為多不法，副使範延策，為人剛直，數規諫之，行珪不聽，銜之。 Xinggui was greedy and base; much of what he did was illegal. Deputy commissioner Fan Yan’ce was upright and repeatedly admonished him; Xinggui would not listen and bore resentment.

已而戍兵有謀叛者，行珪先覺之，因潛徙庫兵於佗所。 Later garrison troops plotted rebellion. Xinggui detected it first and secretly moved arsenal weapons elsewhere.

戍兵叛，趨庫劫兵無所得，乃潰去，行珪追而殺之。 The garrison rebelled, rushed the arsenal to seize weapons and got nothing, then scattered and fled. Xinggui pursued and killed them.

行珪卒於鎮，贈太尉。 Xinggui died in his post and was posthumously made Grand Marshal.