Gao Yuncong (高雲從)

Overview

Gao Yuncong was an eunuch.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1774 三十九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passages 217-218
AD 1768 乾隆三十三年
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 210

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 319 Volume 319 Biographies 106: Yu Minzhong, He Shen Son: Feng Shenyinde, Younger Brother: He Lin, Su Linga 2 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 322 Volume 322 Biographies 109: Dou Guangnai, Li Shufang, Fan Yibin, Cao Xibao, Xie Zhending, Qian Feng, Yin Zhuangtu 1 passage

Career and standing

palace eunuch 內監
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 217
execution 立正刑闢
AD 1768 乾隆三十三年 · Executed
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 210

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 217; Draft History of Qing 322, passage 210

Works and attributed material

Testimony · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 218

Events and relationships

Cited as ignorant eunuch precedent
Legal · Cautionary example · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Feng (灃)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 210
Land purchase lawsuit
AD 1774 三十九年 · Legal · Litigant
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 218
Leaked vermilion annotated appointment records
AD 1774 三十九年 · Legal · Leaker
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 217
Relation Sought favor from · Person Yu Minzhong (於敏中)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 218

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 217; Draft History of Qing 322, passage 210

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 319Volume 319 Biographies 106: Yu Minzhong, He Shen Son: Feng Shenyinde, Younger Brother: He Lin, Su Linga · 2 passages

Open chapter

三十九年，內監高雲從漏洩硃批道府記載，下廷臣鞫治。 In the thirty-ninth year the eunuch Gao Yuncong leaked vermilion-annotated records of prefectural and circuit appointments, and court ministers were ordered to investigate.

雲從言敏中嘗向詢問記載，及雲從買地涉訟，嘗乞敏中囑託府尹蔣賜棨。 Yuncong said Minzhong had once asked him about the records, and that when Yuncong became involved in a lawsuit over a land purchase he had begged Minzhong to entreat Prefect Jiang Ciqi on his behalf.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 322Volume 322 Biographies 109: Dou Guangnai, Li Shufang, Fan Yibin, Cao Xibao, Xie Zhending, Qian Feng, Yin Zhuangtu · 1 passage

Open chapter

萬一有無知如高雲從者，雖立正刑闢，而所絓已多，杜漸宜早。 Should another fool like Gao Yuncong appear, even immediate execution would come too late; evil is best checked early.