Ancient China · Zhao official who slandered Li Mu

Guo Kai 郭開

Guō Kāi

Attested BC 229

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Guo Kai was a Zhao official who slandered Li Mu.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 229 郭開譖李牧
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 17, passage 264

Events and relationships

Slandered
Political · Slanderer · With Li Mu (李牧)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 17, passage 264

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 17Volume 17 Biographies 9: Hulü Jin; Hulü Guang; Hulü Xian · 1 passage

昔李牧之為趙將也，北翦胡寇，西卻秦軍，郭開譖之，牧死趙滅。 Long ago, when Li Mu served Zhao as general, he cut down the northern raiders and drove back the armies of Qin. Guo Kai slandered him; Li Mu died, and Zhao was destroyed.