Overview
The translated histories identify Gao Baorong as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and ruler. This record brings together 16 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Gao Baorong | 高保融 | Gao Baorong |
| Personal name | Baorong | 保融 | |
| Courtesy name | Dechang | 德長 | Décháng |
| Personal name | Gao Baorong | 高保融 | Gāo Bǎoróng |
| Posthumous name | Loyal and Virtuous | 貞懿 | Zhēnyì |
| Title | Prince of Bohai | 渤海郡王 | |
| Title | Prince of Nanping | 南平王 | |
| Title | Prince Zhenyi | 貞懿王 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:102:s0129
- Sex: maleExplicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0076
Roles
- Aristocrat
- General
- Military Officer
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: died of illness / 以疾卒 · Age: 41Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0130
Age
- Age: 41Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0130
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 乾祐元年十月 · Lunar Month: 10 · Western Year: AD 948Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:069:s0075, xinwudaishi:069:s0080
- Source Date: Text: 乾祐二年 · Western Year: AD 949Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:102:s0129
- Source Date: Text: 廣順元年 · Western Year: AD 951Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0081
- Source Date: Text: 建隆元年 · Western Year: AD 960Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0130
- Source Date: Text: 顯德元年 · Western Year: AD 954Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0082
- Source Date: Text: 顯德六年 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:120:s0032
Family
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- Kin of Gao Congyi (高從義)Kinship Term: cousin-uncle / 從叔 · Line: paternal
- Child of Gao Conghui (高從誨)Kinship Term: third son / 第三子 · Parentage: biological · Object Birth Order: 3
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Object Birth Order: 3 - Parent of Gao Jichong (高繼沖)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological - Sibling of Gao Baoshen (高保紳)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full - Sibling of Gao Baoxun (高保勗)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
- Sibling of Gao Baozheng (高保正)Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger
- Sibling of Gao Baoqin (高保勛)Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger
Career and standing
- Label: military governor / 節度使 · Action: appointedExplicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0080
- Label: deputy military governor; prefect of Xia / 節度副使，兼峽州刺史 · Action: heldExplicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0079
- Label: Grand Marshal / 太尉 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0130
- Title: Prince of Nanping / 南平王 · Action: advancedExplicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0082
- Title: Prince of Bohai / 渤海郡王 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0081
Works and attributed material
- Kind: narrative · Role: subject · Note: silent subject appointed after Conghui deathExplicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0080
- Kind: narrative · Role: subject · Note: silent subject deathExplicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0130
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: slow-witted and ineffectual; delegated to Baoxun · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0127
References in the histories
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