Sui and Tang · Military Officer

Gu Quanwu 顧全武

Attested AD 895 - AD 896

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gu Quanwu was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 895 to AD 896 攻昌斬崔溫至執昌
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passages 69, 73

Events and relationships

Besieged Zhen for more than a year without success
Military · Besieger · With Zhen (真)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 71
Captured Dong Chang and marched him toward Hangzhou
Military · Captor · With Dong Chang (董昌) · At Hangzhou 杭州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 73
Sent by Qian Liu against Chang; killed Cui Wen
Military · Commander · With Cui Wen (崔溫)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 69

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 67Volume 67: Hereditary House of Wuyue · 4 passages

镠遣顧全武攻昌，斬崔溫。 Qian Liu sent Gu Quanwu against Chang and had Cui Wen killed.

昌所用諸將徐珣、湯臼、袁邠皆庸人，不知兵，遇全武輒敗。 The commanders Chang relied on—Xu Xun, Tang Jiu, and Yuan Bin—were mediocre men with no grasp of war. Whenever they faced Quanwu they were routed.

昌兄子真，驍勇善戰，全武等攻之，逾年不能克。 Chang's nephew Zhen was bold and skilled in battle. Quanwu and his colleagues besieged him for more than a year without success.

全武執昌歸杭州，行至西小江，昌顧左右曰：「吾與錢公俱起鄉里，吾嘗為大將，今何面復見之乎！」 Quanwu captured Chang and marched him back to Hangzhou. At West Xiao River, Chang turned to his attendants and said: "Lord Qian and I came up from the same countryside together. I was once a great commander—what shame could I bear to show my face before him now?"