Xiao Han (蕭翰) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xiao Han was a general.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 947 契丹破晉
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 106, passage 33

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 106, passage 33

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 106Volume 106 Book of Later Jin 8: Biographies 3: Wang Zhou, Liu Shenjiao, Wu Hanqiu, Zhang Guan, Li Yin, Liu Zaiming, Ma Wan, Li Yancong, Guo Jin, Huang Fuli, Bai Zairong, Zhang Peng · 3 passages

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契丹破晉，審交以代歸，蕭翰在都，復用為三司使。 When the Khitan overthrew Jin, Shenjiao came back from Dai. Xiao Han held the capital and again appointed him commissioner of the Three Departments.

翰歸蕃，李從益在汴州，召高行周、武行德將委以軍事，皆不受命。 After Han withdrew to the steppe, Li Congyi was at Bianzhou and summoned Gao Xingzhou and Wu Xingde to take command of the armies, but neither would accept.

時有燕軍千人守捉諸門，李從益母王淑妃詢於文武臣僚曰：「予子母在洛，孤危自處，一旦為蕭翰所逼，致令及此。 A thousand Yan troops then held the gates. Li Congyi's mother, Lady Wang Shufei, asked the civil and military officials, "My son and I were left alone and vulnerable in Luoyang, and now, driven to this pass by Xiao Han, we stand in grave danger.