Qing · Official and Statesman

Dong Gao 董誥

Died AD 1818

Passages
16
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Dong Gao as a calligrapher, editor, official, and painter. This record brings together 16 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

PeriodQing

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Dong Gao 董誥 Dong Gao
Surname Dong 董 Dong
Personal name Dong Gao 董誥 Dong Gao
Given Gao 誥 Gao
Posthumous name Wengong 文恭 Wengong
Courtesy name Zhelin 蔗林 Zhelin

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Calligrapher
  • Editor
  • Official
  • Painter
  • Scholar
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十三年十月 · Western Year: AD 1818
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0136

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 乾隆三十二年 · Western Year: AD 1767
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0091
  • Source Date: Text: 乾隆三十六年 · Western Year: AD 1771
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0094
  • Source Date: Text: 乾隆二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1763
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0088
  • Source Date: Text: 乾隆五十二年 · Western Year: AD 1787
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0101
  • Source Date: Text: 乾隆四十四年 · Western Year: AD 1779
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0100
  • Source Date: Text: 乾隆四十年 · Western Year: AD 1775
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0098
  • Source Date: Text: 嘉慶七年 · Western Year: AD 1802
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0121
  • Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十三年 · Western Year: AD 1818
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0135
  • Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十年 · Western Year: AD 1815
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0133
  • Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二年 · Western Year: AD 1797
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0112
  • Source Date: Text: 嘉慶元年 · Western Year: AD 1796
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0103
  • Source Date: Text: 嘉慶十七年 · Western Year: AD 1812
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0125
  • Source Date: Text: 嘉慶十二年 · Western Year: AD 1807
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0122
  • Source Date: Text: 嘉慶十八年 · Western Year: AD 1813
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0126
  • Source Date: Text: 嘉慶十四年 · Western Year: AD 1809
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0123
  • Source Date: Text: 嘉慶四年春 · Western Year: AD 1799
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0118

Family

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  • Child of Dong Bangda (董邦達)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Parent of Dong Chun (董淳)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Kinship Role: birth-mother · Count: 1 · Label: birth mother / 生母
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0112

Career and standing

  • Label: Southern Imperial Study duty / 直南書房 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾隆三十六年 · Western Year: AD 1771
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0094
  • Label: minister of revenue / 戶部尚書 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾隆五十二年 · Western Year: AD 1787
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0101
  • Label: Grand Councilor / 軍機大臣 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾隆四十四年 · Western Year: AD 1779
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0100
  • Label: vice minister of works / 工部侍郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾隆四十年 · Western Year: AD 1775
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0098
  • Label: compiler / 編修 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0090
  • Label: Grand Secretary of the Eastern Pavilion / 東閣大學士 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0110
  • Label: Grand Secretary of the Hall of Literary Glory / 文華殿大學士 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0119
  • Label: Hanlin bachelor / 庶吉士 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0089
  • Label: Grand Council regular duty / 直軍機 · Action: restored · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶四年春 · Western Year: AD 1799
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0118
  • Label: vice minister of revenue / 戶部侍郎 · Action: transferred
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0098
  • Title: hereditary commandant of cavalry / 騎都尉世職 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶七年 · Western Year: AD 1802
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0121
  • Label: enshrined in Shrine of Worthies / 祀賢良祠 · Action: granted
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0137
  • Label: portrait in Hall of Purple Splendor / 圖形紫光閣 · Action: received
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0102
  • Title: Junior Vice Guardian of the Heir Apparent / 太子少保 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾隆五十二年 · Western Year: AD 1787
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0101
  • Title: Grand Guardian / 太保 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶十七年 · Western Year: AD 1812
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0125
  • Title: Senior Tutor of the Heir Apparent / 太子太師 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶十四年 · Western Year: AD 1809
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0123
  • Title: Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent / 太子太保 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶四年春 · Western Year: AD 1799
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0118
  • Title: Junior Tutor of the Heir Apparent / 太子太傅 · Action: granted
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0120
  • Title: Grand Tutor / 太傅 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0136
  • Status: mourning · Action: entered · Label: birth mother's mourning / 丁生母憂 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二年 · Western Year: AD 1797
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0112
  • Status: mourning · Action: entered · Label: father's mourning / 丁父憂
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0093
  • Status: retired · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十三年 · Western Year: AD 1818
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0135

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Credential: jinshi / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾隆二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1763
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0088
  • Skill: calligraphy and painting / 書畫 · Level: imperial-praise
    Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0096

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 340Volume 340 Biographies 127: Wang Jie, Dong Gao, Zhu Gui · 16 passages
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高宗謂劉墉、紀昀、彭元瑞三人皆資深，墉遇事模棱，元瑞以不檢獲愆，昀讀書多而不明理，惟誥在直勤勉，超拜東閣大學士，明詔宣示，俾三人加愧勵焉。 The Qianlong Emperor said Liu Yong, Ji Yun, and Peng Yuanrui were all senior: Liu Yong was equivocal in affairs; Peng Yuanrui had been censured for misconduct; Ji Yun read widely but lacked sound judgment—only Gao, diligent in regular duty, was promoted over their heads to Grand Secretary of the Eastern Pavilion, with an explicit edict to shame and spur the three.
會駕出，誥於道旁謝恩，高宗見之，喜甚，命暫署刑部尚書，素服視事，不預典禮，專辦秋讞及軍營紀略，且曰：「誥守制已逾小祥，不得已用人之苦心，眾當共諒。」 When the imperial carriage went out, Gao gave thanks by the roadside; the Qianlong Emperor saw him and was greatly pleased, ordering him temporarily to act as minister of justice in plain mourning dress, excluding him from ceremonies but putting him in charge of autumn assizes and military summaries, and saying: "Gao's mourning has already passed the lesser anniversary; the bitter necessity of using him—everyone should understand."