Sui and Tang · Clerk

Gao Hong 高洪

Attested AD 798

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gao Hong was a Clerk.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 798 貞元十四年
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 25

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 25

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 172Volume 172 Biographies 97: Yu, Wang, Two Du's, Fan · 1 passage

昵吏高洪，縱使剝下，別將陳儀不勝忿，刺殺洪，一府驚潰。 He favored clerk Gao Hong and let him extort his subordinates; deputy general Chen Yi, enraged beyond endurance, stabbed Hong dead, throwing the whole prefectural staff into panic.