Pang Shigu (龐師古) | 24 Histories

Overview

Pang Shigu was a general.

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Childhood name	Cong	從	Cong

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 883 to AD 897 將騎兵…朱宣走中都
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 21, passages 108, 117

Career and standing

Xuzhou regent 徐州留後
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 115

Places and affiliations

At Nanhua, Caozhou 曹州南華
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 107

Events and relationships

Took Xuzhou and killed Shi Pu
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 115

Source notes

From Cong 從 · To Shigu 師古
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 107

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21Volume 21 Later Liang Biographies 1: Jing Xiang, Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu, Ge Congzhou, Huo Cun, Zhang Cunjing, Fu Daozhao, Liu Han, Kou Yangqing · 10 passages

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龐師古 Pang Shigu

龐師古，曹州南華人也，初名從。 Pang Shigu came from Nanhua in Caozhou; he had first been named Cong.

梁太祖鎮宣武，初得馬五百匹為騎兵，乃以師古將之，從破黃巢、秦宗權，皆有功。 When Taizu of Liang held Xuanwu, he raised five hundred horses into a cavalry force and gave Shigu command; under him Shigu helped break Huang Chao and Qin Zongquan.

太祖攻時溥未下，留兵屬師古守之，師古取其宿遷，進屯呂梁。 Taizu besieged Shi Pu without success and left Shigu to hold the line. Shigu took Suqian and pushed forward to Luliang.

溥以兵二萬出戰，師古敗之，斬首二千級。 Pu marched out with twenty thousand men; Shigu routed him and took two thousand heads.

孫儒逐楊行密，取揚州，淮南大亂，太祖遣師古渡淮攻儒，為儒所敗。 Sun Ru drove Yang Xingmi from Yangzhou and threw Huainan into chaos. Taizu sent Shigu across the Huai against him—and Ru beat him back.

是時，朱珍、李唐賓已死，師古與霍存分將其兵。 Zhu Zhen and Li Tangbin were already dead; Shigu and Huo Cun split their commands between them.

太祖以友裕可追而不追，奪其兵以屬師古。 Taizu judged that Youyu could have pursued but had not; he stripped him of his army and handed it to Shigu.

師古攻破徐州，斬溥，太祖表師古徐州留後。 Shigu stormed Xuzhou, killed Pu, and Taizu memorialized to make him its military governor.

梁兵攻鄆州，臨濟水，師古徹木為橋，夜以中軍先濟。 Liang attacked Yanzhou and reached the Ji River. Shigu felled trees for a bridge and at night led the center army across first.