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Ying Gao was an official and Envoy.
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Palace Counsellor 中大夫
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Book of Han, Chapter 44Volume 35: Princes of Jing, Yan and Wu · 5 passages
念諸侯無足與計者，聞膠西王勇，好兵，諸侯皆畏憚之，於是乃使中大夫應高口說膠西王曰：「吳王不肖，有夙夜之憂，不敢自外，使使臣諭其愚心。」
He found no other prince fit to conspire with, but heard that the king of Jiaoxi was brave and warlike and that the other lords all feared him. He therefore sent Palace Counsellor Ying Gao with an oral message: “The king of Wu, unworthy as he is, lies awake at night with worry; he dares not keep you at arm’s length and sends me to voice his humble heart.”
高曰：「今者主上任用邪臣，聽信讒賊，變更律令，侵削諸侯，徵求滋多，誅罰良重，日以益甚。
Ying Gao said, “The sovereign now trusts wicked ministers, heeds slanderers, alters laws and orders, gnaws at the kingdoms, heaps new demands, and punishes with growing severity—worse every day.
高曰：「同惡相助，同好相留，同情相求，同欲相趨，同利相死。
“Those who hate the same foe help one another; those who love the same ends keep one another; those who feel the same seek one another; those who desire the same flock together; those who profit together die for one another.
高曰：「御史大夫朝錯熒惑天子，侵奪諸侯，蔽忠塞賢，朝廷疾怨，諸侯皆有背叛之意，人事極矣。
Ying Gao said, “Grandee Secretary Chao Cuo dazzles the Son of Heaven, strips the feudatories, blocks the loyal and worthy, so that the court boils with anger and every prince nurses rebellion. The crisis is complete.
歸報吳王，猶恐其不果，乃身自為使者，至膠西面約之。
Ying Gao reported back, but the king of Wu still feared that the king of Jiaoxi might waver, so he traveled there himself to seal the agreement face to face.