Sui and Tang · General and Rebel

Geshu Huang 哥舒晃

Died AD 773

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Geshu Huang was a general and Rebel.

Life and dates

Death

AD 773 大曆八年
Beheaded
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 213

Attested activity

AD 773 大曆八年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 138, passage 210

Career and standing

Lingnan general 嶺南將
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 210

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Revolted against
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 138, passage 210

Events and relationships

Beheaded with followers
AD 773 大曆八年 · Military · Casualty
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 213
Killed
AD 773 大曆八年 · Military · Perpetrator · With Lü Chongbin (呂崇賁) · At Lingnan 嶺南
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 210

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 138Volume 138 Biographies 63: · 4 passages

大曆八年，嶺南將哥舒晃殺節度使呂崇賁，五嶺大擾。 In the eighth year of Dali the Lingnan general Geshu Huang killed Military Commissioner Lü Chongbin, throwing the Five Ridges into turmoil.

使瑤督大軍當其沖，冕率輕兵由間道出不意，遂斬晃及支党萬餘，築屍為京觀。 Yao led the main force against the enemy front while Mian took light troops by a hidden route to strike from behind. They beheaded Huang and more than ten thousand of his followers and built a mound of their corpses.

嗣恭起州縣吏，以課治進至顯官，及晃事株戮舶商，沒其財數百萬私有之，代宗惡焉，故賞不酬功。 Sigong had risen from a county clerk through merit in governance to high office. In the Huang affair he executed merchant sailors wholesale and seized millions in private wealth. Daizong despised this, and Sigong's rewards never matched his achievements.

從嗣恭討哥舒晃，授檢校工部員外郎，得從便宜，擢降將伊慎用之。 Serving under Sigong against Geshu Huang, he was made Acting Vice Minister of Works with discretionary authority and promoted the surrendered general Yi Shen to command.