Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Dao Gai 到溉

Attested AD 502 - AD 525

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Dao Gai was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 502 天監初
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 85
AD 525 普通
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 110

Family

Sibling of Dao Zhao (到沼)
brother 兄 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 27, passage 82
Sibling of Dao Qia (到洽)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 82

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 27Volume 27: Lu Chui; Dao Qia; Ming Shanbin; Yin Jun · 6 passages

樂安任昉有知人之鑒，與洽兄沼、溉並善。 Ren Fang of Le'an had a discerning eye for talent and was close friends with Qia's elder brothers Zhao and Gai.

天監初，沼、溉俱蒙擢用，洽尤見知賞，從弟沆亦相與齊名。 Early in the Tianjian era Zhao and Gai were both promoted; Qia was especially favored, and his cousin Hang was equally renowned.

高祖問待詔丘遲曰：「到洽何如沆、溉？」 The emperor asked the attendant-in-waiting Qiu Chi, "How does Dao Qia compare with Hang and Gai?"

遲對曰：「正清過於沆，文章不減溉； Chi replied, "In upright clarity he surpasses Hang; in literary composition he is no less than Gai;

舊制，中丞不得入尚書下舍，洽兄溉爲左民尚書，洽引服親不應有礙，刺省詳決。 By old regulation the censor-in-chief might not enter the lower quarters of the Secretariat; Qia's elder brother Gai was director of the left for the people in the Secretariat, and Qia cited mourning garb and close kinship as grounds that there should be no impediment, submitting a memorial for detailed decision.

左丞蕭子雲議許入溉省，亦以其兄弟素篤，不能相別也。 Left director Xiao Ziyun proposed permitting entry into Gai's office, likewise on the grounds that the brothers had long been deeply devoted and could not be set apart.