Sui and Tang · General

Qin Shubao 秦叔寶

Attested AD 621

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Qin Shubao was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 621 世充拒王師於九曲
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 72, passages 200-203

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Wang Shichong (王世充) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passages 201-202

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 72Volume 68 Biographies 18: Weichi Jingde, Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Duan Zhixuan, Zheng Gongjin · 2 passages

知節謂秦叔寶曰：「世充器度淺狹，而多妄語，好為咒誓，乃巫師老嫗耳，豈是撥亂主乎？」 Zhijie told Qin Shubao: "Shichong is narrow-minded, full of empty talk and oaths like an old witch—how could he be a ruler who ends chaos?"

及世充拒王師於九曲，知節領兵在其陣，與秦叔寶等馬上揖世充曰：「荷公接待，極欲報恩。 When Shichong resisted the imperial army at Jiuqu, Zhijie commanded troops in his formation; with Qin Shubao and others he bowed to Shichong from horseback and said: "You have treated us well and we wished to repay you—