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Gao Gan 高乾

Gāo Qián

Attested AD 528 - AD 560

Passages
4
Chapters
4
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Gao Gan as an aristocrat, general, official, and statesman. This record brings together 4 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Gao Gan 高乾 Gāo Qián
Personal name Gao Gan 高乾 Gāo Qián
Personal Gao Gan 高乾 Gao Gan
Title Grand Preceptor 太師
Title Minister of Works Gao Gan 司空高乾

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: Cui Xian fled to Bohai · Western Year: AD 535
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:030:s0004
  • Source Date: Text: 爾朱之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 528 · End: AD 530
    Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0030
  • Source Date: Text: 皇建元年庚申 · Western Year: AD 560
    Explicit · beiqishu:006:s0091
  • Source Date: Text: 魏天平中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 534 · End: AD 537
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:035:s0046

Family

  • Sibling of Gao Shen (高慎)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

  • Label: associated sacrifice in ancestral temple / 配饗 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 皇建元年 · Western Year: AD 560
    Explicit · beiqishu:006:s0091
  • Status: deceased · Action: noted
    Explicit · beiqishu:006:s0091

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 6Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Xiaozhao · 1 passage
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 30Volume 30 Biographies 22: Cui Xian; Gao Dezheng; Cui Ang · 1 passage
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 35Volume 35 Biographies 27: Pei Rangzhi; Li Guo; Zhang Yanzhi; Lu Ang; Wang Songnian; Liu Yi · 1 passage
Book of Zhou, Chapter 46Volume 46 Biographies 38: Filial Piety · 1 passage