Song, Liao, and Jin · General

Guo Kui 郭逵

Guō Kuí

Attested AD 1041 - AD 1082

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Guo Kui was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1041 to AD 1082 郭逵本職活動
Strongly inferred · History of Song 289, passage 254

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 289, passage 254

Assessments and attributes

Assessment standard of comparison for military stature superior to Gao Qiong's sons · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 254

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 289Volume 289 Biographies 48: Gao Qiong, Fan Tingzhao, Ge Ba · 1 passage

夫以三子之自樹如此，而不得與狄青、郭逵同日而論者，豈非拳勇之有餘，而器識之不足也歟！ That these three sons achieved such standing on their own yet cannot be ranked alongside Di Qing and Guo Kui—is this not because they had more than enough raw courage but insufficient breadth of vision and judgment!