Ming · General

Wu Jie 吳傑

Attested AD 1400 - AD 1401

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wu Jie was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1400 九月
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 14
AD 1401 明年正月
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 24

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 14
AD 1400 九月
At Dingzhou 定州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 14

Events and relationships

Defeated
AD 1401 明年正月 · Military · Commander · At Shenzhou 深州
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 24
Ordered to block retreat
AD 1400 是冬 · Military · Commander · At Zhending 真定
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 23

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 14

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 144Volume 144 Biographies 32: Cheng Yong, Ping An, He Fu, Gu Cheng · 3 passages

時吳傑、平安守定州，庸駐德州，徐凱屯滄州，為犄角。 Wu Jie and Ping An held Dingzhou, Yong kept Dezhou, and Xu Kai was posted at Cangzhou, the three positions forming a mutual defense.

庸檄吳傑、平安自真定遮燕歸路。 Yong sent word to Wu Jie and Ping An at Zhending to cut off the Yan army's withdrawal.

明年正月，傑、平安戰深州不利，燕師始得歸。 The next year, in the first month, Wu Jie and Ping An were defeated at Shenzhou, and only then were the Yan forces able to get home.