Gao Shanglao (高商老)

Overview

Gao Shanglao was an official.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1206 to AD 1210 知撫州高商老
Strongly inferred · History of Song 430, passage 25

Career and standing

prefect of Fuzhou 知撫州
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 25

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 430, passage 25

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 430Volume 430 Biographies 189: Taoist Scholars 4: Zhu Shimenren, Huang Gan, Li Fan, Zhang Qia, Chen Chun, Li Fangzi, Huang Hao · 1 passage

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江西提舉常平趙希懌、知撫州高商老辟為臨川令，歲旱，勸糶捕蝗極其力。 Zhao Xiyi, Jiangxi intendant for ever-normal granaries, and Gao Shanglao, prefect of Fuzhou, made him magistrate of Linchuan; in a drought year he pressed grain sales and locust-catching with all his strength.