Sui and Tang · Bandit Leader

Ge Qian 格謙

Attested AD 607 - AD 618

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Ge Qian as a bandit. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

RolesBandit
Found inBook of Sui

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Ge Qian 格謙 Ge Qian
Personal name Ge Qian 格謙 Ge Qian
Given Qian Qian

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Bandit

Life and dates

Attested activity

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: rebellion · Role: bandit-chief · Action: gathered followers in Bohai with Sun Xuanya and other chiefs
    Explicit · suishu:072:s0219

References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 37: Filial Piety · 2 passages