Sui and Tang · Military Officer

Xiancheng 獻誠

Attested AD 765

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiancheng was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 765 永泰元年十月
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 112, passages 192, 223

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 223

Events and relationships

Defeated by
Military · Defeated party · With Cui Han (崔旰)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 223

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 112Volume 108 Biographies 58: Wei Jiansu, Cui Yuan, Cui Huan, Du Hongjian · 1 passage

且旰南拒貞節，北敗獻誠，宜以懷來，未可力制，終致歸國，豈非臧謀？ Han had held off Zhenjie in the south and defeated Xiancheng in the north. He had to be won by conciliation, not crushed by force. In the end he brought the region back to the empire. Was that not wise policy?