Go Sagye ( Hanyu Pinyin: Gāo Shèjī, ?~?) was a general of

Goguryeo Goguryeo (37 BC – 668 AD) (; ; Old Korean: Guryeo) also later known as Goryeo (; ; Middle Korean: 고ᇢ롕〮, ''kwòwlyéy''), was a Korean kingdom which was located on the northern and central parts of the Korea, Korean Peninsula an ...

in 668 CE. He was taken captive by the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...

after Goguryeo's fall, and subsequently served as a general for the Tang before his son Gao Xianzhi succeeded him.

Background

General Go Sagye was a distant relative of the Go Royal Family. Go became a general of Goguryeo from an unknown age and served under Bojang of Goguryeo.

Fall of Goguryeo and captured by Tang

The Tang and

Silla Silla (; Old Korean: wikt:徐羅伐#Old Korean, 徐羅伐, Yale romanization of Korean, Yale: Syerapel, Revised Romanization of Korean, RR: ''Seorabeol''; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) was a Korean kingdom that existed between ...

, a Korean kingdom, launched a major invasion of Goguryeo in 668. The Tang-Silla Alliance destroyed all major frontier fortress of Goguryeo. The Tang then bypassed Ansi fortress and headed straight for

Pyongyang Pyongyang () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution" (). Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. Accordi ...

. At the same time, General Go was captured by Tang soldiers and taken captive. After submission to Tang, he served briefly as a general in the Protectorate General to Pacify the West, where his son Gao Xianzhi was born and eventually succeeded him.

External links

Brief information about 고사계 (高舍鷄)
at Encyber Dusan encyclopedia

{{DEFAULTSORT:Go, Sagye Goguryeo Goguryeo generals Tang dynasty generals at war against Goguryeo Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown

Background

Fall of Goguryeo and captured by Tang

See also

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