Ancient China · Official

Gao Yao 皋陶

Gaoyao

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gao Yao was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 182

Family

Kinship Role descendants · sometimes enfeoffed at Ying and Liu; destroyed by King Mu of Chu; no genealogy · Quantity unknown
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 182

Assessments and attributes

Assessment famous minister with merit and virtue in Tang-Yu era · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 186

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 36Houses of Chen and Qi · 1 passage

皋陶之後，或封英、六，楚穆王滅之，無譜。 Gao Yao's descendants were sometimes enfeoffed at the states of Ying and Liu. King Mu of Chu destroyed them. There is no genealogy.