Gu Kai 谷楷

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Hun (渾)
  great-grandson 曾孫 · paternal line · 3 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 243
• Child of Father of Gu Kai
  son 子
  father 父
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 95, passage 243

Career and standing

• Commandant of the City Gates 城門校尉
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 249
• Commandant of the Imperial Carriages 奉車都尉
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 244

Places and affiliations

• Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 95, passages 243-244, 268
• Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 95, passages 1, 5
• At Changli 昌黎 · Relation Native of
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 243

Works and attributed material

• Biography of Gu Kai in the History of the Northern Dynasties 北史谷楷傳
  Relation Subject of
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 268

Events and relationships

• Killed and disturbed the populace
  Administrative · Actor · Outcome Omitted from Northern History biography but recorded here
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 268
• Ordered to Jizhou to capture remaining Faqing rebel leaders; captured them all
  AD 515 沙門法慶反於冀州 · Military · Pursuer · With Faqing (法慶) · At Jizhou 冀州
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 95, passages 245-246

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment stern, ruthless, and known for cruelty on every mission; called Blind Tiger · Mode named-source-report Source Work people of the time 時人
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passages 247-248
• blind in one eye
  Physical description · 眇一目
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 247

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passages 1, 268