Song, Liao, and Jin · General

Xiao Gan 蕭幹

Attested AD 1122

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiao Gan was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1122 初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 29, passages 51-52, 60

Career and standing

Northern privy commissioner 北樞密使
AD 1122 初 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 60
commander-in-chief 都統
AD 1122 初 · Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 52

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Polity Liao 遼 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 52
Organization Resentment Army 怨軍 · Relation Commander of
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 52

Events and relationships

Inwardly joined plot to enthrone Chun
AD 1122 初 · Political · Plotter · With Chun (淳)
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 52

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 52

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 29Volume 29 Annals 29: Emperor Tianzuo 3 · 2 passages

處溫聞上入夾山，數日命令不通，即與弟處能、子奭，外假怨軍，內結都統蕭幹，謀立淳。 Chuwen heard that Tianzuo had entered Jia Mountain and that no orders had come through for several days. Together with his younger brother Chuneng and his son Shi, he outwardly relied on the Resentment Army and secretly allied with Commander-in-Chief Xiao Gan to place Chun on the throne.

蕭幹為北樞密使，駙馬都尉蕭旦知樞密院事。 Xiao Gan was appointed Northern privy commissioner, and Xiao Dan, commandant escort, was placed in charge of privy council affairs.