Sui and Tang · Rebel Official

Han Xiusheng 韓秀升

Attested AD 882 - AD 884

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Han Xiusheng was a rebel Official.

Life and dates

Death

Execution · At marketplace 市 · Authority Gao Renhou (高仁厚)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 189, passage 35

Attested activity

AD 882 to AD 884 會邛州賊阡能…諸將不能定
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 189, passages 13, 35

Career and standing

prefect of Fuzhou 涪州刺史
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 189, passage 13
Entered
Captive
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 189, passages 33, 35

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Rebelled against
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 189, passage 13

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Gao Renhou (高仁厚) · Mode quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 189, passage 34

Events and relationships

terrorized the gorges 亂峽中
Military · Rebel · Ravaged · At the gorges 峽中
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 189, passage 13

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 189, passage 13

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 189Volume 189 Biographies 114: Gao, Zhao, Tian, Zhu · 4 passages

會邛州賊阡能眾數萬略諸縣，列壁數十，涪州刺史韓秀升等亂峽中，韓求反蜀州，諸將不能定。 About then the Qiongzhou rebel Qian Neng led tens of thousands in raiding the counties behind dozens of fortified camps, while Han Xiusheng of Fuzhou and others terrorized the gorges and Han Qiu rose in Shuzhou—none of the commanders could put them down.

敬瑄與仁厚謀曰：「秀升未禽，貢輸梗奪，百官乏奉，民不鹽食。 Jingxuan took Renhou aside and said, “Until Xiusheng is captured, tribute cannot get through, the court officials go unpaid, and the people cannot even get salt.

秀升率舟兵救火，仁厚遣人鶩沒鑿舟，皆沈，眾懼，多潰。 Xiusheng led his river force to fight the blaze, but Renhou’s men dived under the boats and scuttled them until every vessel sank. Terrified, most of the rebels broke and fled.

秀升斬潰兵，欲脅止之，眾怒，執秀升以降。 Xiusheng tried to stem the rout by executing fleeing soldiers, but his men, enraged, seized him and surrendered.