Liang Shidu 梁師都

Other names

Origins and identity

• Han Chinese local magnate 夏州豪姓
  Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 87, passages 206-207
• leading house of the commandery 郡豪姓
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 207

Career and standing

• Grand Chancellor 大丞相
  AD 617 大業末 · Assumed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 209
• Commandant of the Hawk-raiser Guard 鷹揚府郎將
  Held
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 208
• Heaven-Solving Son of Heaven 解事天子
  Bestowed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 212
• Great Khan Dubi Qaghan 大度毘伽可汗
  AD 618 唐初 · Bestowed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 212
• Became
  AD 617 大業末 · Bandit leader
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 209
• Entered
  AD 617 大業末 · Dismissed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 209

Places and affiliations

• Polity Eastern Turks 突厥 · Relation Allied with
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passages 209, 212
• Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Ruled
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 211
• Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 208
• At Shuofang in Xiazhou 夏州朔方
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 206
• At Shuofang 朔方 · Relation Native of
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 206
• At Xiazhou 夏州 · Relation Native of
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 206

Events and relationships

• Defeated Zhang Shilong and overran Diaoyin, Honghua, and Yan'an
  Military · Commander · With Zhang Shilong (張世隆)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 210
• Killed Tang Shizong and seized the commandery
  AD 617 大業末 · Military · Commander · With Tang Shizong (唐世宗)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 209
• Led Turk forces into the Ordos and took Yanchuan
  Military · Commander
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 212
• Raided Lingzhou and was driven off by Yang Ze
  AD 619 武德二年 · Military · Attacker · With Yang Ze (楊則)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 213
• Routed at Wild Boar Ridge by Duan Decao
  AD 619 武德二年 · Military · Commander · With Duan Decao (段德操)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 214
• Sacrificed to Heaven and found a seal omen; adopted Yonglong era
  Ritual · Officiant
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 211

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment increasingly desperate and reliant on Turks · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passages 224-225
• Item jade-burial seal omen 瘞玉得印 · Relation Obtained
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 211
• Item wolf-head standard 狼頭纛 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 212