Sui and Tang · Military Officer

Wang Shouxian 王守仙

Attested AD 768

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Shouxian was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 768 十四年入朝之歲
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 144, passage 192

Career and standing

Defense Commissioner 守捉使
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 192

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 192

Events and relationships

Laid ambush with five hundred men who were captured by Zilins vanguard
Military · Ambushing defender · With Yang Zilin (楊子琳) · At Huangcao Gorge 黃草峽
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 192

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 192

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 144Volume 144 Biographies 69: Lai, Tian, Hou, Cui, Yan · 1 passage

過黃草峽，守捉使王守仙伏兵五百，子琳前驅至，悉禽之，遂入夔州，殺別駕張忠，城守以請罪。 At Huangcao Gorge, Defense Commissioner Wang Shouxian lay in ambush with five hundred men. When Zilin's vanguard arrived, it captured them all; Zilin then entered Kuizhou, killed vice prefect Zhang Zhong, and held the city while asking pardon.