Gao Xianzhi

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Gao Xianzhi, or Go Seonji, (died January 24, 756) was a Tang dynasty general of Goguryeo"...The closest one that comes early in this period may be the Battle of Talas, when Muslim armies of the Abbasid dynasty defeated a Tang army under the Korean commander, Kao Sien-Chih, in 751; it is often said that these captives introduced Chinese techniques of paper manufacture into the Islamic world, but what is clearer is that the battle halted Chinese expansionism into Central Asia."
The Oxford History of Historical Writing. Vol. 2. 400-1400, page 3. descent. He was known as a great commander during his lifetime. He is most well known for taking part in multiple military expeditions to conquer the Western Regions, over the Pamir Mountainsand reach to Talas Eastern Türkistan. In 751 he commanded the Tang forces during the Battle of Talas, fighting against the Abbasid Caliphate. The Tang defeat at the Talas River is considered to mark the end of both Tang western expansion and Abbasid eastern expansion.
Around the new year 756, Gao and fellow general Feng Changqing offended the powerful eunuch Bian Lingcheng (邊令誠) while defending the Tong Pass against the rebel An Lushan, who had rebelled in 755. Bian then accused Feng of cowardice and Gao of corruption, and both were executed.

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