郭子仪 / Guo Ziyi

Overview

郭子仪 / Guo Ziyi enters the wiki through Hanji 1065 as a comparative example of a high-merit commander who survives by lowering ruler suspicion after major military achievement.

Current Profile

The source uses Guo Ziyi as a mature model inside high merit threat management. After the An Lushan Rebellion frame, the episode says he hands over military authority and remains careful about perceived threat in old age. His value in this wiki is source-scoped: he is not yet a full Tang biography page, but a named example for how command surrender, humility, and self-abasement can keep great service from becoming lethal overexposure.

Key Characteristics

• High-merit military figure used as an example of post-crisis survival.
• Commander whose safety is tied in the source to surrendering active military authority after achievement.
• Comparative model for keeping reputation useful while reducing ruler suspicion.

Evidence

• Command surrender: Hanji 1065 says Guo Ziyi voluntarily hands over military power after helping settle the An Lushan Rebellion.
• Self-protection posture: Hanji 1065 reads his later conduct as a classic workplace and power-field case of reducing the ruler’s wariness.
• Comparative role: Hanji 1065 places him beside Wei Qing, Fan Li, Zhang Liang, Xun Yu, and Jia Xu as one route for not shocking the superior after merit.

Qualifications

This page records only the episode’s comparative use of Guo Ziyi. It does not yet establish a complete Tang-dynasty chronology, the precise offices surrendered, or a full account of his late-life conduct.

What Changed

• Created the entity from Hanji 1065 as a source-scoped high-merit survival example.

Relationships

• High Merit Threat Management / 功高不震主 - concept Guo Ziyi exemplifies through command surrender and reduced threat.
• 卫青 / Wei Qing (Han general) - paired military comparison around humility and post-merit safety.
• 范蠡 / Fan Li - related successful-retreat model after victory.
• 张良 / Zhang Liang - related low-visibility model after founding achievement.
• Power Exit Trap / 权力退场困境 - broader danger field his example is used to avoid.