Qin and Han · Ruler

Emperor Gao 高帝

Gaodi

Attested BC 206 - BC 195

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Gao was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 206 to BC 195 高帝…高皇帝
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 120, 123

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 120

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 120

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 96Biography of Chancellor Zhang · 4 passages

申屠丞相嘉者，梁人，以材官蹶張從高帝擊項籍，遷為隊率。 Chancellor Shentu Jia was a native of Liang. As a crossbowman in the garrison forces, he followed Emperor Gao in the campaign against Xiang Ji and was promoted to squad leader.

孝文帝元年，舉故吏士二千石從高皇帝者，悉以為關內侯，食邑二十四人，而申屠嘉食邑五百戶。 In the first year of Emperor Wen's reign, all former officials and officers of the two-thousand-bushel rank who had served under Emperor Gao were selected and made Marquises Within the Pass with fiefs: twenty-four men in all. Shentu Jia received a fief of five hundred households.

廣國賢有行，故欲相之，念久之不可，而高帝時大臣又皆多死，餘見無可者，乃以御史大夫嘉為丞相，因故邑封為故安侯。 Guangguo was a worthy man of fine conduct, and the emperor wished to make him chancellor. But after long deliberation he concluded it was not feasible. Moreover, most of the great ministers from Emperor Gao's era had already died, and none of the survivors were suitable candidates. He therefore appointed Censor Grand Master Jia as chancellor and enfeoffed him as Marquis of Gu'an, taking his old fief as the basis.

嘉坐自如，故不為禮，責曰：「夫朝廷者，高皇帝之朝廷也。 Jia remained seated as before, deliberately withholding the courtesy due him, and rebuked him: "This court is the court of Emperor Gao.