Gao Yin (高殷) | 24 Histories

Overview

Gao Yin was a Second emperor of Northern Qi, deposed in AD 560.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Childhood name	Daoist	道人
Posthumous name	Deposed emperor	廢帝

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 559 to AD 560 between Tianbao end and Xiaozhao
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 9, passages 29, 31
AD 559 to AD 560 乾明
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 31, passage 119
AD 558 天保九年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 67
AD 560 廢帝卽位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 142
AD 560 是月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 4, passage 199
AD 560 濟南嗣業
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 34, passage 85

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AD 550 to AD 561 濟南王
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 48, passage 54
AD 561 皇建末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 50

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Daughter of Li Zuxun (李祖勳女)
consort 妃
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 48, passage 54
Child of Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi (文宣帝)
father 父
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 31, passage 119; Book of Northern Qi 34, passages 85, 111
Kin of Kezhuhun Tianhe (可朱渾天和)
imperial aunt's husband 姑夫
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 34, passage 174
Kin of Yanzi Xian (燕子獻)
imperial aunt's husband 姑夫
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 34, passage 174
Child of Empress Dowager (皇太后)
mother 母
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 34, passages 117, 125
Child of Emperor Wenxuan of Qi (齊文宣帝)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 4, passage 199

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Career and standing

Prince of Jinan 濟南王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 48, passage 54
Held
Crown prince
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 67
As Emperor of Jinan 濟南即位
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 29
AD 560 是月
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 4, passage 199
Emperor
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 31, passage 119
Deposed
Authority Lou Zhaojun (婁昭君)
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 31

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Deposed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 48, passage 55
Result succeeded-by-p034
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 31, passages 119, 158

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Qi 北齊 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 34, passage 85

Works and attributed material

Was argued by Yuanhai to be the legitimate heir wrongfully displaced by the sovereign
Claim of legitimacy · Subject of claim · With Gao Yuanhai (高元海)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 74
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 34, passages 164-165

Source notes

a children’s rhyme cryptically foretold his childhood name and fate before he was moved
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passages 53, 55-57
an astrologer’s report of an emperor’s aura in the northern city was thought to correspond to him
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passages 58-59
was kept at Ye and later escorted to Bing Province and then to Jinyang
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passages 50, 59, 83

References in the histories

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History

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

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濟南即位，尊為太皇太后。 When the Emperor of Jinan succeeded, she was honored as Grand Empress Dowager.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 13Volume 13 Biographies 5: Gao Chen; Gao Rui (Northern Qi); Gao Yue (Northern Qi); Gao Mai · 1 passage

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時濟南以太子監國，因立大都督府，與尚書省分理衆事，仍開府置佐。 At that time the Prince of Ji'nan, as crown prince, supervised the state; a great area commander's office was therefore established to divide affairs with the masters of writing, and a government office with staff was opened.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 14Volume 14 Biographies 6: Guangping Gongcheng; Yangzhou Gong Yongle; Di Zhangbi; Prince of Xiangle, Xiang Guo; Prince of Shangluo, Si Zong; Zi Yuanhai; Di Sihao; Prince of Pingqin, Guiyan; Prince Pu of Wuxing; Changle, Governor of Lingshan; Sizi Fuhu · 8 passages

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先是，恒留濟南於鄴，除領軍厙狄伏連為幽州刺史，以斛律豐樂為領軍，以分武成之權。 Before this, the Prince of Ji'nan had always been kept at Ye; Kudi Fulian was made governor of You Province, and Hulu Fengle was made commander of the army — both to divide Gao Zhan's power.

先是童謠云：「中興寺內白鳧翁，四方側聽聲雍雍，道人聞之夜打鐘。」 Before this a children's rhyme said, "At Zhongxing Temple, a white duck old man — from the four quarters they listen, the sound harmonious; the Daoist hears it and at night strikes the bell."

道人，濟南王小名。 "The Daoist" was the Prince of Ji'nan's childhood name.

昭帝以為濟南應之，乃使平秦王歸彥之鄴，迎濟南赴幷州。 Gao Yan thought the Prince of Ji'nan corresponded to it; he therefore sent Prince Guiyan of Pingqin to Ye to welcome the Prince of Ji'nan to Bing Province.

因逼之，答曰：「濟南世嫡，主上假太后令而奪之。 Pressed, he answered, "The Prince of Ji'nan is the legitimate heir; the sovereign seized the throne through the Empress Dowager's order.

今集文武，示以此勑，執豐樂，斬歸彥，尊濟南，號令天下，以順討逆，此萬世一時也。」 Now gather the civil and military officials, display this edict, seize Fengle, behead Guiyan, honor the Prince of Ji'nan, and proclaim to the realm — with righteousness to punish rebellion, this would be a once-in-ten-thousand-generations opportunity."

武成乃奉詔，令數百騎送濟南於晉陽。 Gao Zhan thereupon obeyed the edict and sent several hundred horsemen to escort the Prince of Ji'nan to Jinyang.

初濟南自晉陽之鄴，楊愔宣勑，留從駕五千兵於西中，陰備非常。 When Prince of Jinan first traveled from Jinyang to Ye, Yang Yin read the edict leaving five thousand troops of the escort in the Western Quarter — a secret guard against surprise.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 25Volume 25 Biographies 17: Zhang Zuan; Zhang Liang; Zhang Yao; Zhang Qi; Xu Yuan; Wang Jun; Wang Hong · 1 passage

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廢帝卽位，除洛州刺史、河陽道行臺左丞。 When the deposed emperor took the throne he was made governor of Luo Province and left aide of the Heyang circuit traveling staff.