Xue Qian (薛潛) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xue Qian was a Military Officer.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 885 to AD 889 held lines as Qin Zongquan failed
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 58

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21Volume 21 Book of Later Liang 21: Biographies 11: Pang Shigu, Huo Cun, Fu Daozhao, Xu Huaiyu, Guo Yan, Li Tangbin, Wang Qianyu, Liu Kangyi, Wang Yanzhang, He Delun · 3 passages

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秦宗權之將敗也，有薛潛者，支擘隊伍，道昭謂所私曰：「蔡弱矣。」 When Qin Zongquan neared ruin, Xue Qian held the lines together; Daozhao told his confidants, "Cai is failing."

乃歸潛。 and went back to Qian's side.

潛欲敗，復奔洋州依葛佐。 When Qian's cause was about to collapse, he again fled to Yang Prefecture and attached himself to Ge Zuo.