Sui and Tang · Bandit

Gao Yu 高玉

Attested AD 762 - AD 779

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gao Yu was a Bandit.

Life and dates

Death

Beaten to death · Authority Daizong (代宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 201

Attested activity

AD 762 to AD 779 高玉
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 201

Career and standing

bandit 劇賊
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 201
Arrested
Captured
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 201

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Rebelled against
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 201
At South Mountain 南山 · Relation Operated from
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 201

Events and relationships

Devoured thousands
Criminal · Perpetrator
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 201
Gathered bandits on South Mountain
Criminal · Leader · At South Mountain 南山
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 201

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 201

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 56Volume 56 Treatises 52: Punishment and Law · 1 passage

劇賊高玉聚徒南山，啗人數千，後擒獲，會赦，代宗將貸其死，公卿議請為葅醢，帝不從，卒杖殺之。 The notorious bandit Gao Yu gathered followers on South Mountain and devoured several thousand people. After he was captured, an amnesty was proclaimed. Daizong was inclined to spare his life, but the chief ministers argued he should be dismembered and salted. The emperor did not consent, yet in the end Gao Yu was beaten to death.