  guo ziyi (kuo tzu-i; traditional chinese: é­å­å, simplified chinese: é­å­ä»ª, hanyu pinyin: guÅ zÇyÃ­, wade-giles: kuo1 tzu3-i2) (697 â july 9, 781å©åå¹´ä¸­è¥¿æè½æ), formally prince zhongwu of fenyang (æ±¾é½å¿ æ­¦ç), was a general during the tang dynasty who ended the an shi rebellion, and participated in expeditions against the peoples of huihe (the uyghur khaganate) and tubo (the tibetan empire). guo ziyi is reputed to be one of the greatest generals in chinese history and was revered as the best general in east asia during his lifetime. during his life, guo ziyi was a nestorian christian.wu, 61 after his death, he was immortalized in chinese mythology as the god of wealth and happiness. ==early life== guo ziyi was born into a family of a middle-class civil servant in hua prefecture (è¯å·, present-day hua county in shaanxi). in 735, or thereabouts, while still a common soldier, guo ziyi, was saved from a court martial by the poet li bo, who intervened on his behalf with the local commander.wu, 59 unlike other members of his family, guo ziyi entered political life through a martial test (a test for military officers) instead of a literary test (for civil servants). in 749 ad, he passed a martial test and became an officer in the border regions of the tang empire and quickly rose through the ranks to become a jiedushi (regional military governor). ==an shi rebellion==  ;first victories limited records exist about guo ziyi before the an shi rebellion; it was during the rebellion that he earned his fame. when the rebellion began in 755, guo ziyi was assigned to protect the tong pass, a strategic location on the chinese frontier. a large force of a ten thousand rebels were marching toward the pass. guo ziyi took advantage of the situation by luring the rebels onto the plains in front of the pass where there were only scarce settlements. the rebels saw little to loot and were discouraged, while the tang troops were prepared to fight hard, motivated by the desire to protect their families in the tong pass and the capital of chang'an. in a matter of days, guo eliminated seven thousand rebels at the battle of qingbi and scattered the rest while suffering few casualties to his own force, winning his first victor
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