Five Dynasties · Military commissioner

Gao Conghui 高從誨

Attested AD 928 - AD 948

Passages
30
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Gao Conghui as a courtier, military officer, official, and ruler. This record brings together 30 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Gao Conghui 高從誨 Gao Conghui
Personal name Conghui 從誨
Personal name Gao Conghui 高從誨 Gao Conghui
Personal Gao Conghui 高從誨
Personal name Gao Conghui 高從誨 Gāo Cónghuì
Nickname Gao rascals 高賴子
Posthumous name Literary and Offering 文獻 Wénxiàn
Title Prince of Bohai 渤海王
Title Prince of Nanping 南平王
Courtesy name Zunsheng 遵聖 Zūnshèng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Courtier
  • Military Officer
  • Official
  • Ruler
  • Warlord

Life and dates

Death

Age

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Gao Jixing (高季興)
    Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Object Birth Order: 1
    Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Subject Birth Order: 1 · Object Birth Order: 1
  • Parent of Gao Baoqin (高保勛)
    Kinship Term: eldest / 長 · Parentage: biological · Object Birth Order: 1
    Object Birth Order: 1 · Parentage: biological
  • Parent of Gao Baozheng (高保正)
    Kinship Term: second / 次 · Parentage: biological · Object Birth Order: 2
    Object Birth Order: 2 · Parentage: biological
  • Parent of Gao Baorong (高保融)
    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 Baoxun (高保勗)
    Kinship Term: tenth son / 第十子 · Parentage: biological · Object Birth Order: 10
    Kinship Term: tenth son / 第十子 · Parentage: biological · Object Birth Order: 10
  • Parent of Gao Baoshen (高保紳)
    Kinship Term: younger brother of Baorong / 弟 · Parentage: biological

Career and standing

  • Label: Secretariat Director; Jingnan military commissioner / 兼中書令、荊南節度使 · Action: appointed-concurrently · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:042:s0007
  • Label: commander-in-chief of horse and foot; acting army marshal / 馬步軍都指揮使、行軍司馬 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0121
  • Label: Jingnan military commissioner / 荊南節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0102
  • Label: military governor of Jingnan / 荊南節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0122
  • Label: military governor / 節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0124
  • Label: commissioner of the saddle-and-bridle depot / 鞍轡庫使 · Action: held
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0121
  • Label: palace attendant / 供奉官 · Action: held
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0121
  • Title: concurrent Palace Attendant / 兼侍中 · Action: granted
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0102
  • Label: Director of the Imperial Secretariat / 尚書令 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0075
  • Title: Prince of Bohai / 渤海王 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0125
  • Title: Prince of Nanping / 南平王 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0126

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: clever, quick-witted, skilled in deceit · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0054

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 3 passages
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 1 passage
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69Volume 69: Hereditary House of Nanping · 26 passages
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晉高祖遣翰林學士陶穀為從誨生辰國信使，從誨宴穀望沙樓，大陳戰艦於樓下，謂穀曰：「吳、蜀不賓久矣，願修武備，習水戰，以待師期。」 Emperor Gaozu of Jin sent the Hanlin academician Tao Gu as birthday envoy to Conghui. Conghui entertained him at the Wangsha Tower with a great display of warships below and said, "Wu and Shu have long withheld submission. I mean to strengthen my defenses, train for naval warfare, and await the day when your armies march."
漢遣國子祭酒田敏使於楚，假道荊南，從誨問敏中國虛實，以為契丹之後，兵食皆殫，意欲以誚敏，敏為言：「杜重威悉以晉戈甲降虜，虜置之鎮州，未嘗以北，而晉兵皆漢有也。」 Han sent the Guozi libationer Tian Min as envoy to Chu, traveling through Jingnan. Conghui asked about the central state's strength, assuming that after the Khitan invasion its armies and supplies were exhausted, and meant to mock him. Min replied, "Du Chongwei surrendered all Jin arms and armor to the invaders. The Khitans stored them at Zhen Prefecture and have never brought them north, while the Jin soldiers themselves are now Han's."