Guo Xuexian (郭學顯)

Overview

Guo Xuexian was a Pirate Leader.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1809 嘉慶十四年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 362, passages 162, 166
AD 1803 to AD 1808 安南夷艇散後
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 350, passage 211

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 350 Volume 350 Biographies 137: Li Changgeng Son: Ting Yu, Hu Zhensheng, Wang Delu, Qiu Lianggong, Chen Buyun, Xu Songnian, Huang Biao, Lin Guoliang, Xu Tinggui 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 362 Volume 362 Biographies 149: Fang Ji, Zhu Erhan, Yang Hu, Liao Yin, Chen Changqi, Zhu Ergenge, Cha Chonghua 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Organization one of five Guangdong remnant pirate bands 粵餘黨五幫之一 · Relation Leader of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 350, passage 211

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 350Volume 350 Biographies 137: Li Changgeng Son: Ting Yu, Hu Zhensheng, Wang Delu, Qiu Lianggong, Chen Buyun, Xu Songnian, Huang Biao, Lin Guoliang, Xu Tinggui · 1 passage

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自安南夷艇散後，餘黨留粵者分五幫：曰林阿發、曰總兵保、曰郭學顯、曰烏石二、曰鄭乙。 After the Annamese pirate fleets broke up, the remnants in Guangdong split into five bands: Lin Afa, Zongbing Bao, Guo Xuexian, Wushi Er, and Zheng Yi.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 362Volume 362 Biographies 149: Fang Ji, Zhu Erhan, Yang Hu, Liao Yin, Chen Changqi, Zhu Ergenge, Cha Chonghua · 1 passage

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匪勢漸蹙，用舊降人招郭學顯就撫。 As the pirates grew weaker, he used former defectors to persuade Guo Xuexian to surrender.