Gao Siji (高思繼) | 24 Histories

Overview

Gao Siji was a general.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 895 晉盡誅思繼兄弟
Execution · Authority Li Keyong (克用)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 169

Attested activity

AD 893 to AD 895 匡威為其弟匡儔所篡，晉王將討其亂
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 159-160

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Elder brother of Gao Siji (高思繼兄某)
elder brother 兄 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 165
Parent of Gao Xingzhou (高行周)
father 父
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 158, 170
Sibling of Younger brother of Gao Siji (高思繼弟某)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 165

Career and standing

garrison general 戍將
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 157, 159
central army commander-in-chief 中軍都指揮使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 165
Suffered
Executed · Authority Li Keyong (克用)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 169

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 163
Polity Yan 燕 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 159
At Huairou 懷戎 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 157
At Kongling Pass 孔領關 · Relation Stationed at
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 160

Works and attributed material

Plan · Subject of plan · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 160-161

Events and relationships

Executed Jin troops
Legal · Executor
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 168
Joined Jin vanguard
Military · Recruited commander · With Li Keyong (克用)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 162-163
Relation Subordinate of · Person Li Kuangwei (李匡威)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 159

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Miscellaneous Biographies 28: Lu Wenjin, Li Jinquan, Yang Siquan, Yin Hui, Wang Hongzhi, Liu Shenjiao, Wang Zhou, Gao Xingzhou, Bai Zairong, An Shuqian · 12 passages

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父思繼。 His father was Siji.

思繼兄弟皆以武勇雄於北邊，為幽州節度使李匡威戍將。 Siji and his brothers were all martially fierce on the northern frontier—garrison generals for Youzhou military commissioner Li Kuangwei.

匡威為其弟匡儔所篡，晉王將討其亂，謀曰：「高思繼兄弟在孔領關，有兵三千，此後患也，不如遣人招之。 Kuangwei was usurped by his younger brother Kuangchou. The Prince of Jin would campaign to punish the disorder. The plan said: “Gao Siji and his brothers hold Kongling Pass with three thousand troops—a later trouble. Better send men to recruit them.

思繼為吾用，則事無不成。」 If Siji serves us, nothing will fail.”

克用遣人招思繼兄弟。 The Prince of Jin sent men to recruit the Siji brothers.

燕俗重氣義，思繼等聞晉兵為匡威報仇，乃欣然從之，為晉兵前鋒。 Yan custom prized righteousness. Hearing Jin troops were avenging Kuangwei, they gladly followed and were Jin’s vanguard.

匡儔聞思繼兄弟皆叛，乃棄城走。 Hearing the Siji brothers had all defected, Kuangchou abandoned the city and fled.

克用以劉仁恭守幽州，以其兄某為先鋒都指揮使，思繼為中軍都指揮使，弟某為後軍都指揮使，高氏兄弟分掌燕兵。 The Prince of Jin stationed Liu Rengong at Youzhou, made his elder brother vanguard commander-in-chief, Siji central army commander-in-chief, and a younger brother rear army commander-in-chief—the Gao brothers divided Yan troops among themselves.

克用臨決謂仁恭曰：「思繼兄弟，勢傾一方，為燕患者，必高氏也，宜善為防。」 On parting the Prince of Jin told Rengong: “The Siji brothers’ power tilts one region—they are sure to afflict Yan. Guard well against them.”

而晉兵多犯法，思繼等數誅殺之。 But the Jin troops often broke the law; Siji and the others repeatedly executed them.

克用以責仁恭，仁恭以高氏為訴，由是晉盡誅思繼兄弟。 The Prince of Jin blamed Rengong; Rengong pleaded the Gaos’ case—thereupon Jin executed the Siji brothers entirely.

仁恭以其兄某之子行珪為牙將，而思繼子行周年十餘歲，亦收之帳下，稍長，補以軍職。 Rengong made Siji’s elder brother’s son Xinggui a yamen officer. Xingzhou, Siji’s son, was barely over ten; he also took him into his tent; as he grew he was given military posts.