Five Dynasties · General and Official

Gao Jixing 高季興

Attested AD 900 - AD 929

Passages
42
Chapters
5
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Gao Jixing as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 42 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Gao Jixing 高季興 Gao Jixing
Surname Gao 高 Gao
Surname Gao 高 Gāo
Personal name Gao Jixing 高季興 Gao Jixing
Personal name Gao Jixing 高季興 Gāo Jìxīng
Nickname Gao rascals 高賴子
Changed name Jichang 季昌 Jìchāng
Given Jixing 季興 Jixing
Personal name Jixing 季興 Jìxīng
Title King of Chu 楚王
Title King of Qin 秦王
Posthumous name Martial and Trustworthy 武信 Wǔxìn
Title Prince of Bohai 渤海王
Title Prince of Nanping 南平王
Courtesy name Yisun 貽孫 Yísūn
Surname Zhu 朱 Zhū

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official
  • Ruler
  • Servant
  • Warlord

Life and dates

Death

Age

Attested activity

Family

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  • Parent of Gao Conghui (高從誨)
    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
  • Child of Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: adoptive-son · Object Role: adoptive-father · Negated: false
  • Child of Zhu Yourang (朱友讓)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: adoptive-son · Object Role: adoptive-father
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: adoptive-father · Object Role: adoptive-son

Career and standing

  • Label: commissioner of the Victorious Army / 制勝軍使
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0005
  • Label: acting military governor and surveillance commissioner of Jingnan / 荊南節度觀察留後 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0017
  • Label: commander of the Resolute and Brave Command / 毅勇指揮使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0005
  • Label: eastern-southern campaign commissioner of the Gorges Route / 峽路東南面招討使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0048
  • Label: military governor / 節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0018
  • Label: prefect of Song Prefecture / 宋州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:069:s0014
  • Label: co-acting associate minister of the Secretariat and Chancellery / 同中書門下平章事 · Action: granted
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0019
  • Label: Jingnan military commissioner / 荊南節度使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同光二年 · Western Year: AD 924
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:031:s0106
  • Label: former Jingnan military commissioner / 故荊南節度使 · Action: held
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0148
  • Label: Jingnan military commissioner office and rank / 荊南節度使官爵 · Action: restored · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 冬十月己酉 · Inherited Narrative Context: true · Western Year: AD 929
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0148
  • Label: defender of Ying Prefecture / 潁州防禦使 · Action: transferred
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0015
  • Title: King of Qin / 秦王 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0051
  • Title: Prince of Bohai / 渤海王 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0025
  • Title: Prince of Nanping / 南平王 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0045
  • Title: King of Chu / 楚王 · Action: posthumously-enfeoffed
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0124
  • Status: former-or-late · Label: former/late / 故
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0148
  • Status: enslavement · Label: household slave / 家僮
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0003

Places and affiliations

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Source notes

  • Statement: Governed Jingnan from Liang Kaiping 1 to Song Qiande 1, fifty-seven years for the house / 自梁開平元年鎮荊南，至皇朝乾德元年國除，凡五十七年
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0119
  • From: Jichang / 季昌 · To: Jixing / 季興 · Reason: avoid temple-name taboo of Later Tang founding ancestor / 避後唐獻祖廟諱
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0002
  • From: Zhu / 朱氏 · To: Gao / 高氏 · Reason: restored original surname / 復姓高氏
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0015

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 31Volume 31 Book of Later Tang 7: Zhuangzong Annals 5 · 1 passage
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 37Volume 37 Book of Later Tang 13: Mingzong Annals 3 · 1 passage
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 1 passage
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 62Volume 62 Book of Later Tang 38: Biographies 14: Meng Fangli, Zhang Wenli, Dong Zhang · 1 passage
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69Volume 69: Hereditary House of Nanping · 38 passages
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天復二年，梁兵攻鳳翔，李茂貞堅壁不出，太祖議欲收軍還河中，季興獨進曰：「天下豪傑窺此舉者一歲矣，今岐人已憊，破在旦夕，而大王之所慮者，閉壁以老我師，此可以誘致之也。」 In the second year of Tianfu, Liang forces besieged Fengxiang while Li Maozhen held the walls and refused to give battle. The Founding Emperor considered withdrawing to Hezhong, but Jixing alone stepped forward and said, "For a year the empire's strongmen have watched this campaign. The Qi forces are worn out now and will fall any day. What worries you, my lord, is their strategy of shutting the gates to exhaust our army—that is something we can lure them out of."
梁亡，唐莊宗入洛，下詔慰諭季興，司空薰等皆勸季興入朝京師，梁震以為不可，曰：「梁、唐世為仇敵，夾河血戰垂二十年，今主上新滅梁，而大王梁室故臣，握強兵，居重鎮，以身入朝，行為虜爾。」 When Liang fell, Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang entered Luoyang and sent an edict of reassurance to Jixing. Sikong Xun and others urged him to attend court in the capital, but Liang Zhen objected: "Liang and Tang were hereditary foes who fought bloody battles along the Yellow River for nearly twenty years. Your new sovereign has just destroyed Liang. You are a former Liang minister who still commands a strong army and holds a strategic post. If you go to court in person, you will walk straight into captivity."
莊宗果欲留之，郭崇韜諫曰：「唐新滅梁得天下，方以大信示人，今四方諸侯相繼入貢，不過遣子弟將吏，而季興以身述職，為諸侯率，宜加恩禮，以諷動來者。 Zhuangzong did intend to detain him, but Guo Chongtao remonstrated: "Tang has just overthrown Liang and won the realm. We are trying to show the world that we govern by trust. The regional lords are sending tribute one after another, but only through sons, officers, or deputies. Jixing has come in person to report for duty and has set an example for them all. We should honor him generously to encourage others to follow.