Pugu Huai'en (仆固懷恩)

Overview

Pugu Huai'en was a general.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 763 廣德初
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 147-148

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 147

Events and relationships

Admitted fault and intended to return to court
Political · Subject · With Pei Zunqing (裴遵慶)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 148
Cited eunuchs as grievance
Political · Grievant
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 147
Held troops on the Fen
AD 763 廣德初 · Military · Commander · At Fen River / Fenzhou 汾上／汾州
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 147
Pleaded fear of death and did not go to court
Political · Refuser
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 148

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 109 Biographies 59: Feng Gang, Ashinashe'er, Qibi Heli, Heichi Changzhi, Li Duozuo, Li Siye, Bai Xiaode · 2 passages

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廣德初，仆固懷恩阻兵汾上，指中官為詞，上以遵慶忠純，特遣往汾州宣慰懷恩。 At the beginning of Guangde, Pugu Huai'en held his army on the Fen River and cited the eunuchs as his grievance; the emperor, knowing Zunqing's loyalty and integrity, specially dispatched him to Fenzhou to proclaim consolation to Huai'en.

遵慶既見懷恩，具陳朝旨，懷恩引過聽命，將隨遵慶朝謁，為副將範誌誠以邪說惑之，懷恩遂以懼死為詞。 When Zunqing met Huai'en, he fully set forth the court's intent; Huai'en admitted fault and awaited orders and was about to follow Zunqing to audience at court—but vice general Fan Zhicheng deluded him with perverse talk, and Huai'en then pleaded fear of death.