Yuan · Red Turban General in Shandong

Mao Gui 毛貴

Máo Guì

Attested AD 1357 - AD 1358

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Mao Gui as an administrator, general, and rebel. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Mao Gui 毛貴 Máo Guì
Given name Gui Guì
Personal name Mao Gui 毛貴 Máo Guì

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • General
  • Rebel

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 十七年 · Western Year: AD 1357
    Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:122:s0098
  • Source Date: Text: 十八年 · Western Year: AD 1358
    Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:122:s0107

Learning and skills

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: advanced toward Dadu; killed Dong Boxiao
    Explicit · mingshi:122:s0108

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: only Mao Gui had real strategic sense · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · mingshi:122:s0124

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 122Volume 122 Biographies 10: · 6 passages