Region: China · Coordinates: 37.928, 102.633 · 19 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 121 BC | Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals | Xiongnu King Hunye killed King Xiutu and surrendered to Han with some 40,000 people. Five dependent states were set up, and Wuwei and Jiuquan commanderies were established on that land. |
| AD 278 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | In the summer sixth month, Yang Xin fought Ruoluo Baneng and others of Shujineng's band at Wuwei and was killed in battle. |
| AD 279 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | The Xianbei chieftain Shuji Neng took Liangzhou, and Ma Long was sent to subjugate them. |
| AD 280 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Ma Long decisively defeated Shuji Neng, beheaded him, and pacified Liangzhou. |
| AD 354 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Zhang Zuo, Governor of Liangzhou, falsely claimed the imperial throne at Guzang. |
| AD 376 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Gou Chang, a general of Fu Jian, took Guzang, captured Zhang Tianxi, and took all of Liangzhou. |
| AD 402 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Juqu Mengxun led his army to attack Guzang; Lü Long asked the Hexi King Lilu Gu for aid, and Rutan rescued him with ten thousand cavalry, but before they arrived Lü Long broke Mengxun's army, and Mengxun asked for a covenant. |
| AD 439 | History of the Northern Dynasties (Beishi), Annals | After besieging Guzang, Juqu Mujian of the Northern Liang surrendered at the military gate with five thousand civil and military officials, and over two hundred thousand households came under control. |
| AD 439 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | He reached Guzang, the capital of Northern Liang, and besieged it. |
| AD 439 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | More than thirty thousand households of Liangzhou were moved to the capital. |
| AD 439 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Northern Wei besieges Guzang; Juqu Muqian surrenders bound, and Northern Liang falls (September). |
| AD 553 | History of the Northern Dynasties (Beishi), Annals | Yuwen Tai, with thirty thousand elite cavalry, crossed the Long mountains and the Jincheng River and reached Guzang; the Tuyuhun, in fear, presented tribute. |
| AD 553 | Book of Zhou (Zhoushu), Imperial Annals | Yuwen Tai crosses the Long mountains with 30,000 cavalry and the Jincheng River, reaches Guzang, and the Tuyuhun, frightened, offer tribute |
| AD 583 | History of the Northern Dynasties (Beishi), Annals | Dou Rongding defeated the Tujue and the Tuyuhun at Liangzhou. |
| AD 619 | Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals | Li Gui was captured by his subordinate An Xinggui and surrendered, and Hexi was pacified. |
| AD 629 | Xuanzang, Great Tang Records on the Western Regions | Under escort of officials he reached Liangzhou (Liang-chau); Liangzhou was the gathering place of merchants from Tibet and from the lands east of the Pamirs (Congling), and Xuanzang made known to them his aim of seeking the Dharma. |
| AD 720 | Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals | The Turks Yugu attacked Ganzhou and Liangzhou, defeated the Liangzhou Governor Yang Jingshu, plundered the Qibi tribe, and returned. |
| AD 1260 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | Alandaer and Hundohai were crushed at Guzang; both were beheaded, and the western lands were all pacified. |
| AD 1271 | Marco Polo, The Travels (Yule translation) | Five days from Campichu, through a land described as the resounding land, one reaches the eastern kingdom of Erguiul, which belongs to the Great Khan. |