Gao Jichang (高季昌)

Overview

The translated histories identify Gao Jichang as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Gao Jichang	高季昌	Gao Jichang
Surname	Gao	高	Gao
Personal	Gao Jichang	高季昌
Given	Jichang	季昌	Jichang
Title	Prince of Bohai	渤海郡王

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:006:s0099
Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0224

Roles

Aristocrat
General
Military Officer
Official
Warlord

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 龍德元年二月丙寅 · Regnal Year: 1 · Lunar Month: 2 · Sexagenary Day: 丙寅 · Western Year: AD 921
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:010:s0059
Source Date: Text: 開平二年十一月 · Regnal Year: 2 · Month: 11 · Western Year: AD 908
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:017:s0224, jiuwudaishi:017:s0227, jiuwudaishi:017:s0228
Source Date: Text: 乾化元年五月 · Western Year: AD 911
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:006:s0099

Family

Kinship Role: sons · Count: 1 · Note: one son granted eighth-rank regular post
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:006:s0099

Career and standing

Label: acting Secretariat Director / 守中書令 · Action: appointed · Concurrent Office: Jingnan military commissioner / 荊南節度使
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:010:s0059
Label: circuit military commissioner / 諸道節度使 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:006:s0099
Label: Jingnan military commissioner / 荊南節度使 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0224
Labels: Jingnan military commissioner / 荊南節度使, honorary Grand Preceptor / 檢校太師, Secretariat Director / 兼中書令 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:010:s0059
Title: Prince of Bohai / 渤海郡王 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:010:s0059

Places and affiliations

Place: Jingnan / 荊南 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0224

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured · Place: Lang prefecture / 朗州
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0227
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Place: Zhijin Matou Bank / 治津馬頭岸 · Counterpart: Huai reinforcements / 淮軍
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0227
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ordered-to-campaign · Place: Li prefecture / 澧州 · Counterpart Person Ids: Ma Yin (馬殷), Ni Kefu (倪可福)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0224

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 6Volume 6 Book of Later Liang 6: Taizu Annals 6 · 1 passage

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諸道節度使錢鏐、張宗奭、馬殷、王審知、劉隱各賜一子六品正員官，高季昌賜一子八品正員官，賀德倫賜一子九品正員官。 Commissioners Qian Liu, Zhang Zongshi, Ma Yin, Wang Shenzhi, and Liu Yin each received a regular sixth-rank post for a son; Gao Jichang an eighth-rank post; He Delun a ninth-rank post.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Book of Later Liang 10: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 1 passage

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丙寅，以荊南節度使、檢校太師、兼中書令、渤海郡王高季昌為守中書令，依前荊南節度使。 On bingyin Gao Jichang of Jingnan was named acting Secretariat Director while remaining Jingnan commissioner.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 17Volume 17 Book of Later Liang 17: Biographies 7: Cheng Rui, Du Hong, Tian Yun, Zhao Kuangning, Zhang Ji, Lei Man · 2 passages

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太祖詔湖南節度使馬殷、荊南節度使高季昌練精兵五千，遣將倪可福統之，下澧州，與潭兵合。 The Founder ordered Ma Yin and Gao Jichang to send five thousand elite troops under Ni Kefu to take Li and join the Tan army.

及淮軍來援，高季昌逆戰於治津馬頭岸，大破之，俄而攻陷朗州，彥恭單棹遁去。 When Huai reinforcements came, Gao Jichang routed them at Matou Bank, then took Langzhou as Yiangong fled alone in a skiff.