Sheji (舍雞) | 24 Histories

Overview

Sheji was a general and Military Officer.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 747 to AD 750 初
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 74
AD 713 to AD 741 開元末
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 2, 4-5, 7

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝)
father 父
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 2, 4

Career and standing

general of the Palace Guards 諸衛將軍
Attained
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 2
Ten-General of the Four Garrisons 四鎮十將
Attained
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 2

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 2
At Anxi 安西 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 4
At Hexi 河西 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 2

Events and relationships

First served with the Hexi armies and rose through accumulated service
Military · Officer
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 2

Assessments and attributes

Assessment regarded Xianzhi as timid and slow and feared he could not support himself · Object Person Id Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝) · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Sheji (舍雞)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 74

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 2

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 104Volume 100 Biographies 50: Yin Sizhen, Li Jie, Jie Wan, Bi Gou, Su Xiang, Zheng Weizhong, Wang Zhiyin, Lu Congyuan, Li Chaoyin, Pei Cui, Wang Qiu · 4 passages

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父舍雞，初從河西軍，累勞至四鎮十將、諸衛將軍。 His father Sheji had first served with the Hexi armies and, through long service, rose to become a Ten-General of the Four Garrisons and a palace guard general.

少隨父至安西，以父有功授遊擊將軍。 As a young man he accompanied his father to Anxi and, thanks to his father's service record, was granted the rank of General of Resist-the-Enemy.

年二十餘即拜將軍，與父同班秩。 By his twenties he already held general's rank, equal in grade to his father.

初，舍雞以仙芝為懦緩，恐其不能自存，至是立功，家財鉅萬，頗能散施，人有所求，言無不應。 Sheji had once thought Xianzhi too timid to make his way; now, after his victories, his wealth ran to tens of thousands and he gave freely — no request went unanswered.