Sui and Tang · General and Official

Xianzhi 仙芝

Attested AD 756

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xianzhi was a general and Official.

Life and dates

Death

Beheading · At where Changqing had been executed 常清所刑處
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 188, 198

Attested activity

AD 756 仙芝歸至厅…遂斬之（潼關）
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 187-189, 198

Career and standing

military commissioner 節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 197
cutting down rations and imperial gifts 減截兵糧及賜物等
Accused · Charged · Negated true
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 190
beheaded 斬
Capital sentence · Executed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 198

Places and affiliations

At the capital 京中 · Relation Recruited at
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 192

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Changqing (常清) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 197
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Lingcheng (令誠) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 191
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 189-190, 192-195

Events and relationships

Appealed to troops
Political · Speaker
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 192-196
Denied embezzlement
Legal · Accused
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 190, 194-195
Retreated
Military · Commander · At Tong Pass 潼關
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 189, 193
Relation Patron of · Person Changqing (常清)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 197

Assessments and attributes

Assessment loved-by-recruited-troops · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 192

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 187

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 · 5 passages

仙芝歸至厅，令誠索陌刀手百餘人隨而從之，曰：「大夫亦有恩命。」 Xianzhi returned to headquarters; Lingcheng summoned more than a hundred men with mo dao and followed him, saying, "The Grand Master has an edict too."

仙芝遽下，遂至常清所刑處。 Xianzhi hurried down to where Changqing had been executed.

仙芝曰：「我退，罪也，死不辭； Xianzhi said, "My retreat was a crime and I do not refuse death;

其召募兵排列在外，素愛仙芝，仙芝呼謂之曰：「我於京中召兒郎輩，雖得少許物，裝束亦未能足，方與君輩破賊，然後取高官重賞。 The recruited troops stood outside; they had always loved Xianzhi. He called to them, "When I raised you in the capital we got a little gear but not enough; we were about to break the rebels and win rank and reward together.

仙芝又目常清之屍，謂之曰：「封二，子從微至著，我則引拔子為我判官，俄又代我為節度使，今日又與子同死於此，豈命也夫！」 Xianzhi looked at Changqing's corpse and said, "Feng the Second, you rose from nothing; I made you my judge, then you replaced me as commissioner, and today we die together — is this fate?"