Sui and Tang · Hostage

Yuan Guan 元瓘

Attested AD 902 - AD 903

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuan Guan was a Hostage.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 902 to AD 903 元瓘為質至歸杭
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 189, passages 197-199

Career and standing

Held and threatened
Hostage
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 189, passages 197-198

Events and relationships

Returned to Hangzhou
Political · Hostage · At Hangzhou 杭 · With Yang Xingmi (楊行密)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 189, passage 199

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 189Volume 189 Biographies 114: Gao, Zhao, Tian, Zhu · 3 passages

頵始以元瓘歸，戰不勝，輒欲殺之，頵母護免。 When Yuan Guan was first sent back as a hostage, Yun would threaten to kill him after every defeat, but Yun’s mother protected him.

及镠與行密合，頵曰：「今日不勝，必殺元瓘。」 When Qian Liu and Xingmi joined forces, Yun said, “If we do not win today, I will kill Yuan Guan.”

已而頵死，傳首至淮南，行密泣下，葬以庶人禮，亦葬康儒，還元瓘於杭。 But Yun died first. When his head reached Huainan, Xingmi wept, buried him with commoner rites, buried Kang Ru as well, and sent Yuan Guan back to Hangzhou.