Sui and Tang · Prince and Royal Family Member

Gao 杲

Gǎo

Died AD 618

Passages
7
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Gao as an administrator, aristocrat, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 7 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Found inBook of Sui

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Gao 杲 Gǎo
Personal name Gao 杲 Gǎo
Childhood name Jizi 季子 Jìzǐ
Title Prince Gao of Zhao 趙王杲
Title Prince of Zhao 趙王

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • Official
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Age

  • Age: 12 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 時年十二 · Western Year: AD 618
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0259
  • Age: 7 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大業九年 · Western Year: AD 613
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0248

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 大業九年 · Western Year: AD 613
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0248
  • Source Date: Text: 尋授光祿大夫，拜河南尹 · Western Interval: Start: AD 613 · End: AD 618
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0249
  • Source Date: Text: 後遇化及反 · Western Year: AD 618
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0257
  • Source Date: Text: 從幸淮南，詔行江都太守事 · Western Interval: Start: AD 613 · End: AD 618
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0250

Family

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  • Child of Emperor Yang (煬帝)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Yuande Heir Apparent (元德太子)
    Shared Parentage: paternal-half
    Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: uncertain
  • Sibling of Prince Zheng of Qi (齊王)
    Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: uncertain
    Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: uncertain

Career and standing

  • Label: Administrator of Jiangdu / 江都太守 · Action: acting
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0250
  • Label: Grand Master for Splendid Happiness / 光祿大夫 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0249
  • Label: Intendant of Henan / 河南尹 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0249
  • Title: Prince of Zhao / 趙王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大業九年封趙王 · Western Year: AD 613
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0248
  • Title: Prince of Zhao / 趙王 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 封趙王 · Western Year: AD 613
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0247, suishu:059:s0248

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Skill: reciting imperial lyrics and rhapsodies / 誦帝詞賦 · Level: able
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0251

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: failed to meet a natural death · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0263
  • Assessment: utterly filial · Provenance: Mode: narrative
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0252
  • Kind: appearance-and-ability · Statement: clever and bright, handsome in bearing; could often recite the emperor's lyrics and rhapsodies
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0251
  • Item: imperial robes stained by his blood / 血湔禦服 · Relation: blood-splashed
    Explicit · suishu:059:s0258

References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 59Volume 59 Biographies 24: Three Sons of Emperor Yang · 7 passages
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