Five Dynasties · Prince of Nanping; eldest son of Gao Jixing

Gao Conghui 高從誨

Born c. AD 891

Passages: 30
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Gao Conghui was a prince of Nanping; eldest son of Gao Jixing.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zunsheng	遵聖	Zūnshèng
Posthumous name	Literary and Offering	文獻	Wénxiàn
Nickname	Gao rascals	高賴子

Life and dates

Death

died 卒 · Age 58
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 75

Age

58
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 75

Attested activity

AD 930 長興元年正月
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 124
AD 948 乾祐元年十月
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 75
AD 928 天成三年冬
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passages 52, 122
AD 932 三年
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passages 124-125
AD 929 天成四年五月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 64
AD 929 天成四年六月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 79

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AD 929 天成四年秋七月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 102
AD 934 應順元年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 126
AD 931 長興二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 7

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Gao Jixing (高季興)
eldest son 長子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 53
Parent of Gao Baoqin (高保勛)
eldest 長
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 77
Parent of Gao Baozheng (高保正)
second 次
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 77
Parent of Gao Baorong (高保融)
third son 第三子
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passages 76-77
Parent of Gao Baoxun (高保勗)
tenth son 第十子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 92
Parent of Gao Baoshen (高保紳)
younger brother of Baorong 弟
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 88

Kinship Role sons · Count 15
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 77

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Secretariat Director; Jingnan military commissioner 兼中書令、荊南節度使
AD 931 長興二年 · Appointed concurrently
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 7
commander-in-chief of horse and foot; acting army marshal 馬步軍都指揮使、行軍司馬
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 121
Jingnan military commissioner 荊南節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 102
military governor of Jingnan 荊南節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 122
military governor 節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 124
commissioner of the saddle-and-bridle depot 鞍轡庫使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 121

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palace attendant 供奉官
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 121
concurrent Palace Attendant 兼侍中
Granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 102
Director of the Imperial Secretariat 尚書令
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 75
Prince of Bohai 渤海王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 125
Prince of Nanping 南平王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 126

Places and affiliations

Han 漢
Relation Broke off
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 73

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 79
Narrative · Subject · silent subject in Chinese career narrative
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 121
Speech · Speaker · Mode quotation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passages 55, 64

Events and relationships

Defeated
Military · Attacker · With Yin Shi (尹實) · At Ying Prefecture 郢州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 61
Sent fleet
Military · Supporter · With Li Duan (李端)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 58
Sought submission
Diplomatic · Submitting ruler
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passages 64, 79
Political · Secret ally · With An Congjin (安從進)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 57

Assessments and attributes

Assessment clever, quick-witted, skilled in deceit · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 54

References in the histories

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History

30 passages

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 3 passages

丙申，襄州奏，荊南高從誨乞歸順。 On bingshen Xiang reported Gao Conghui of Jingnan sought submission.

丙辰，權知荊南軍府事高從誨上章首罪，乞修職貢，仍進銀三千兩贖罪。 On bingchen Gao Conghui confessed guilt, offered to resume tribute, and sent three thousand taels of silver in atonement.

甲申，以前荊南行軍司馬、檢校太傅高從誨起復，授檢校太傅、兼侍中，充荊南節度使。 On jiashen Gao Conghui—former Jingnan campaign marshal and honorary grand preceptor—was recalled and made honorary grand preceptor, palace attendant, and Jingnan commissioner.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 1 passage

丙戌，荊南節度使高從誨落起復，加兼中書令。 On bingxu Gao Conghui of Jingnan left mourning recall and became concurrent secretariat director.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69Volume 69: Hereditary House of Nanping · 26 passages

季興子九人，長子從誨立。 Jixing had nine sons. His eldest son Conghui succeeded him.

從誨字遵聖。 Conghui, whose courtesy name was Zunsheng.

季興卒，吳以從誨為荊南節度使。 When Jixing died, Wu appointed Conghui military governor of Jingnan.

從誨以父自絕于唐，懼復見討，乃遣使者聘于楚，楚王馬殷為之請命于唐，而從誨亦遣押衙劉知謙奉表自歸，進贖罪銀三千兩，明宗納之。 Because his father had broken with Tang, Conghui feared renewed punishment. He sent envoys to Chu, and King Ma Yin of Chu petitioned Tang on his behalf. Conghui also sent the yamen officer Liu Zhiqian with a memorial of submission and three thousand taels of silver as atonement. Mingzong accepted.

長興元年正月，拜從誨節度使，追封季興楚王，謚曰武信。 In the first month of the first year of Changxing, Conghui was appointed military governor. Jixing was posthumously enfeoffed as King of Chu with the posthumous title Martial and Trustworthy.

三年，封從誨渤海王。 In the third year Conghui was enfeoffed as Prince of Bohai.

應順元年，封南平王。 In the first year of Yingshun he was enfeoffed as Prince of Nanping.

從誨為人明敏，多權詐。 Conghui was clever and quick-witted, and skilled in deceit.

晉高祖遣翰林學士陶穀為從誨生辰國信使，從誨宴穀望沙樓，大陳戰艦於樓下，謂穀曰：「吳、蜀不賓久矣，願修武備，習水戰，以待師期。」 Emperor Gaozu of Jin sent the Hanlin academician Tao Gu as birthday envoy to Conghui. Conghui entertained him at the Wangsha Tower with a great display of warships below and said, "Wu and Shu have long withheld submission. I mean to strengthen my defenses, train for naval warfare, and await the day when your armies march."

襄州安從進反，結從誨為援，從誨外為拒絕，陰與之通。 When An Congjin of Xiang Prefecture rebelled, he sought Conghui as an ally. Conghui publicly refused but secretly aided him.

晉師致討，從誨遣將李端以舟師為應，從進誅，從誨求郢州為屬郡，高祖不許。 When Jin forces moved against An Congjin, Conghui sent the general Li Duan with a fleet in support. After Congjin was executed, Conghui asked that Ying Prefecture be annexed to his domain, but Gaozu refused.

契丹滅晉，漢高祖起太原，從誨遣人間道奉表勸進，且言漢得天下，願乞郢州為屬，漢高祖陽諾之。 When the Khitans destroyed Jin, Emperor Gaozu of Han rose at Taiyuan. Conghui sent envoys by secret routes urging him to take the throne and promising that if Han won the realm, he would seek Ying Prefecture as a dependency. Gaozu pretended to agree.

高祖入汴，從誨遣使朝貢，因求郢州，高祖不與。 When Gaozu entered Bian, Conghui sent tribute envoys and again asked for Ying Prefecture. Gaozu again refused.

從誨怒，發兵攻郢州，為刺史尹實所敗。 Enraged, Conghui attacked Ying Prefecture and was defeated by its prefect Yin Shi.

漢遣國子祭酒田敏使於楚，假道荊南，從誨問敏中國虛實，以為契丹之後，兵食皆殫，意欲以誚敏，敏為言：「杜重威悉以晉戈甲降虜，虜置之鎮州，未嘗以北，而晉兵皆漢有也。」 Han sent the Guozi libationer Tian Min as envoy to Chu, traveling through Jingnan. Conghui asked about the central state's strength, assuming that after the Khitan invasion its armies and supplies were exhausted, and meant to mock him. Min replied, "Du Chongwei surrendered all Jin arms and armor to the invaders. The Khitans stored them at Zhen Prefecture and have never brought them north, while the Jin soldiers themselves are now Han's."

從誨不悅。 Conghui was displeased.

敏以印本《五經》遺從誨，從誨謝曰：「予之所識，不過《孝經》十八章爾。」 Min presented printed copies of the Five Classics. Conghui declined, saying, "All I know are the eighteen chapters of the Classic of Filial Piety."

從誨以為譏己，即以大卮罰敏。 Conghui took this as a personal rebuke and immediately forced Min to drink a huge cup of wine as punishment.

季興、從誨常邀留其使者，掠取其物，而諸道以書責誚，或發兵加討，即復還之而無愧。 Jixing and Conghui often detained envoys and seized their goods. When neighboring circuits rebuked them in writing or sent troops, they would return the goods at once, without a trace of shame.

其後南漢與閩、蜀皆稱帝，從誨所向稱臣，蓋利其賜予。 Later, when Southern Han, Min, and Shu all declared themselves emperors, Conghui submitted to whichever court he faced, chiefly for the gifts they bestowed.

從誨自求郢州不得，遂自絕於漢。 After failing to obtain Ying Prefecture, Conghui broke off relations with Han.

乾祐元年十月卒，年五十八，贈尚書令，謚曰文獻。 He died in the tenth month of the first year of Qianyou at the age of fifty-eight. He was posthumously made Director of the Imperial Secretariat with the posthumous title Literary and Offering.

從誨十五子，長曰保勛，次保正，保融第三子也，不知其得立之因。 Conghui had fifteen sons: the eldest was Baoqin, the second Baozheng, and Baorong was the third. Why the third son succeeded is not recorded.

從誨時，為節度副使，兼峽州刺史。 Under Conghui he served as deputy military governor and concurrently as prefect of Xia Prefecture.

從誨卒，拜節度使。 When Conghui died he was appointed military governor.

保勖字省躬，從誨第十子也。 Baoxun, whose courtesy name was Shenggong, was Conghui's tenth son.