Gao Zhao 高肇

Other names

Family

• Kin of Gao Meng (高猛)
  paternal uncle 叔 · paternal line · Through Elder Brother of Gao Zhao (高肇兄)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 41
• Kin of Emperor Shizong (世宗)
  nephew 甥 · maternal line · Through Empress Wen Zhao (文昭皇后)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passages 2, 8
• Sibling of Elder Brother of Gao Zhao (高肇兄)
  younger brother 弟
  elder brother 兄
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 89, passage 41
• Sibling of Gao Xian (高顯)
  elder brother 兄
  younger brother 弟
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 12
• Sibling of Empress Wen Zhao (文昭皇后)
  elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
  younger sister 妹
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 2
• Child of Gao Yang (高颺)
  son 子
  father 父
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 89, passages 4, 8
• Spouse of Princess of Gaoping (高平公主)
  husband 尚
  wife 妻
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 18
• Child of Lady Gai (蓋氏)
  son 子
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 89, passage 10

• Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 8

Career and standing

• Grand General 大將軍
  AD 514 延昌三年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 43
• Minister over the Masses 司徒
  AD 512 延昌初 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 36
• Grand Rectifier of Jizhou 冀州大中正
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 18
• Left Vice Director of the Masters of Writing 尚書左僕射
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 18
• head of the Ministry of Personnel 領吏部
  Concurrent
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 18
• Director of the Masters of Writing 尚書令
  Promoted
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 18

Places and affiliations

• Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passages 8, 18
• At Tiao in Bohai 勃海蓨 · Relation Ancestral claim
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 3

Works and attributed material

• AD 515 延昌四年
  Letter · Addressee · With Emperor Suzong (肅宗)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 48

Events and relationships

• Commanded campaign against Shu
  AD 514 延昌三年 · Military · Commander in chief
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passages 43-44
• Framed and had killed
  Political · Instigator · With Yuan Xiang (元詳)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 23
• Mourned at Hall of Supreme Ultimate
  AD 515 延昌四年 · Ritual · Mourner
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 51
• Persuaded emperor to confine princes
  Political · Advisor · With Emperor Shizong (世宗)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 24
• Quarreled at Yunlong Gate
  Political · Quarreling party · With Yuan Yi (元懌) · At Yunlong Gate 雲龍門
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 31
• Received property after Yuan Xi execution
  AD 501 景明二年 · Political · Beneficiary · With Yuan Xi (元禧)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 17

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment blamed for sudden death of Empress Shun · Mode hearsay
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 25
• Assessment capable and diligent · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 20
• Assessment feared and hated by court and countryside · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 29
• came from foreign soil; contemporaries looked down on him
  Origin
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 19