battle, medieval

Battle of Shayuan

Name: Battle of Shayuan
Location: Shaanxi, China

Battle of Shayuan was a battle fought in AD 537 at Shaanxi, in what is now China. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Shaanxi. The recorded result: Western Wei victory. Recorded strength: 200,000 against 10,000.

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FoughtAD 537

WhereShaanxi, China35.600N, 109.300E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeWestern Wei victory

BelligerentsEastern WeiagainstWestern Wei

Casualties and losses6,000 killed; 70,000 capturedandUnknown, minimal

Record

Date	AD 537 (year precision)
Place	Shaanxi, China 35.600N, 109.300E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	200,000	10,000
Casualties and losses	6,000 killed; 70,000 captured	Unknown, minimal
Commanders	Gao Huan Hou Jing Hulü Qiangju Peng Le	Yuwen Tai Li Bi (Northern dynasties) Li Hu (general)

Placed at Shaanxi; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Chencang AD 228, 223 km SW
Battle of Wuzhang Plains AD 234, 223 km SW
Battle of Huoyi AD 617, 245 km NE
Battle of Jieting AD 228, 309 km W
Battle of Yique 293 BC, 311 km E

Elsewhere in AD 537

Siege of Rome Italy
Battle of Scalas Veteres Tunisia

Battle of Shayuan is one of 128 engagements of the 6th century in the atlas and one of 448 in present-day China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3271035, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Shayuan, revision 1377194736, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.