Xue Rengui

Xue Rengui (simplified Chinese: 薛仁贵; traditional Chinese: 薛仁貴; pinyin: Xuē Rénguì; Wade–Giles: Hsüeh¹ Jen²-kuei⁴; 614^[1] – 24 March 683^[2]), formal name Xue Li (薛礼) but went by the courtesy name of Rengui, was a Chinese military general during the early Tang dynasty. He is one of the most well-known military generals of his time due to his humble background, outstanding command abilities, strength and valour in battle. During his career, he participated in successful campaigns against remnants of Western Tujue and against Goguryeo, with only one major flaw on his record which was a campaign against the Tibetan Empire in 670, where another general in his army refused to listen to Xue's advice and charged ahead and caused a portion of the army to be lost.

^ Xue Rengui's biography in Old Book of Tang indicated that he was 70 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died. (其年，仁贵病卒，年七十，...) Jiu Tang Shu, vol.83. Thus by calculation, his birth year should be 614.
^ jimao day of the 2nd month of the 2nd year of the Yongchun era, per vol. 5 of Old Book of Tang

[1] Xue Rengui's biography in Old Book of Tang indicated that he was 70 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died. (其年，仁贵病卒，年七十，...) Jiu Tang Shu, vol.83. Thus by calculation, his birth year should be 614.

[2] jimao day of the 2nd month of the 2nd year of the Yongchun era, per vol. 5 of Old Book of Tang

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