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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · beiqishu:035:s0046
Roles
- Aristocrat
- General
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: Cui Xian fled to Bohai · Western Year: AD 535Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:030:s0004
- Source Date: Text: 爾朱之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 528 · End: AD 530Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0030
- Source Date: Text: 皇建元年庚申 · Western Year: AD 560Explicit · beiqishu:006:s0091
- Source Date: Text: 魏天平中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 534 · End: AD 537Explicit 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 560Explicit · beiqishu:006:s0091
- Status: deceased · Action: notedExplicit · beiqishu:006:s0091
References in the histories
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