Taogu (討古) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Taogu as an aristocrat, general, and official. This record brings together 11 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Taogu	討古	Tǎogǔ
Courtesy name	Kuoning	括寧	Kuòníng
Descriptive kinship	Nephew of Xiao Gan	蕭幹之侄
Personal name	Taogu	討古	Tǎogǔ

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:067:s0033
Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0041

Roles

Aristocrat
General
Official

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 982
Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0051

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 應歷初 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0042
Source Date: Text: 四年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 982
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0051
Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0045
Source Date: Text: 保寧末 · Western Year: AD 979
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:084:s0044
Source Date: Text: 外戚表 · Western Interval: Start: AD 907 · End: AD 1125
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:067:s0033

Family

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Spouse of Princess Pujin (樸謹公主)
Kinship Term: married / 尚 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: formed
Kin of Xiao Gan (蕭幹)
Kinship Term: nephew / 侄 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew

Career and standing

Label: Commander of the Southern Capital Palace Guard / 南京侍衛親軍都指揮使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979
Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0050
Label: Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Capital / 南京統軍使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧末 · Western Year: AD 979
Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0044
Label: Grand Councilor / 平章事 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:067:s0033
Status: demoted · Action: pardoned-then-demoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979
Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0050

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:067:s0033
Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0042

Works and attributed material

Kind: edict · Role: addressee · Provenance: Mode: quotation
Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0047

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾亨初 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Western Year: AD 979 · Outcome: initial-rout-then-victory
Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0045, liaoshi:084:s0049
Kind: political · Role: informer · Action: reported-rebellion · Other Person Id: Haisi (海思)
Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0043

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: worth beyond battlefield merit for exposing Haisi · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0073
Kind: character · Statement: loyal and unassuming
Explicit · liaoshi:084:s0041