Sui and Tang · Warlord

Gao Kaidao 高開道

Attested AD 618

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gao Kaidao was a warlord.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 618 宇文化及至山東
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 92, passage 139

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 92Volume 92 Biographies 17: Du, Kan, Wang, Li, Yuan, Luo, Wang · 1 passage

時竇建德、高開道亦遣使於藝，藝謂官屬曰：「建德等皆劇賊，不足共功名，唐公起兵據關中，民望所系，王業必成，吾決歸之。 Dou Jiande and Gao Kaidao also sent envoys. Luo Yi told his staff, "Jiande and his ilk are nothing but fierce bandits, unfit to share in great deeds. The Duke of Tang has raised his banner in Guanzhong, where the people's hopes rest. His cause is certain to triumph. I have decided to join him.