Gao Mohan (高模翰) | 24 Histories

Overview

Gao Mohan was a Vice Chancellor and general.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Song	松	Sōng

Life and dates

Death

AD 959 應歷九年正月
Expression died 卒
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 106

Attested activity

AD 951 應歷初
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 104
AD 952 應曆2年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 6, passage 26
AD 953 應曆3年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 6, passage 47
AD 959 應歷九年正月
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 106
AD 948 天祿二年
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 103
AD 936 天顯十一年七月
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passages 67, 69

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AD 938 會同元年
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 77

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Daughter of the King of Goryeo (高麗王女)
gave a daughter in marriage 妻以女 · Marriage
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 64

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Origins and identity

Ethnicity Bohai 渤海
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 62

Career and standing

Right Chancellor of the Central Secretariat 中臺省右相
AD 951 應歷初 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 104
Left Chancellor 左相
AD 959 應歷九年正月 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 106
deputy army commander 統軍副使
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 81
General-in-Chief 上將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 76
Grand Tutor 太傅
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 89
Palace Attendant 侍中
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 87

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Special Advancement and Acting Grand Preceptor 特進檢校太師
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 101
Central Secretariat Vice Chancellor 中臺省右相
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 6, passage 26
Duke of the Ti Commandery state 悊郡開國公
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 101
imprisonment for killing while drunk 使酒殺人下獄
Imprisoned
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 66
pardon 貰之
Pardoned · Authority Emperor Taizu of Liao (遼太祖)
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 66

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 66
At Bohai 渤海
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 62
At Goryeo 高麗 · Relation Fled to
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 64

Learning and skills

Skill riding and archery 騎射 · Level skilled
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 63

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passages 85, 90-92

Events and relationships

Besieged
Military · Commander · At Jin Prefecture 晉州 · Date Source Date: Text: 應曆2年十二月 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 952
Directly stated · History of Liao 6, passage 42
Defeated
AD 936 天顯十一年九月 · Military · Commander · With Zhang Jingda (張敬達) · At Taiyuan 太原
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 69
Relieved Han
Military · Commander · Date Source Date: Text: 應曆2年壬寅 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 952
Directly stated · History of Liao 6, passage 26
Repelled Zhou
Military · Commander · Date Source Date: Text: 應曆3年閏正月 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 953
Directly stated · History of Liao 6, passage 47

Assessments and attributes

Assessment fine general who died with reputation intact · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 169
Assessment foremost merit among more than a hundred battles · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Emperor Taizong of Liao (遼太宗)
Directly stated · History of Liao 76, passage 75

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 6Volume 6 Annals 6: Muzong 1 · 3 passages

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壬寅，漢為周所侵，遣使求援，命中臺省右相高模翰赴之。 On renyin day, as Zhou invaded Han, Han sent envoys begging aid; the Emperor ordered Central Secretariat Vice Chancellor Gao Mohan to their relief.

十二月癸未朔，高模翰及漢兵圍晉州。 On the guiwei new moon of the twelfth month, Gao Mohan and Han forces laid siege to Jin Prefecture.

三年春閏正月壬午朔，漢以高模翰卻周軍，遣使來謝。 In the third year, on the renwu new moon of the intercalary first spring month, Han sent envoys to give thanks after Gao Mohan had driven back the Zhou army.

History of Liao, Chapter 76Volume 76 Biographies 6: Yelu Jieli, Yelu Balide, Yelu Shuogu, Yelu Lubugu, Zhao Yanshou, Gao Mohan, Zhao Siwen, Yelu Oulisi, Zhang Li · 17 passages

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耶律解裏耶律拔裏得耶律朔古耶律魯不古趙延壽高模翰趙思溫耶律漚裏思張礪 Yelu Jieli, Yelu Balide, Yelu Shuogu, Yelu Lubugu, Zhao Yanshou, Gao Mohan, Zhao Siwen, Yelu Oulisi, and Zhang Li

高模翰，一名松，渤海人。 Gao Mohan, who was also known as Song, came from Bohai.

初，太祖平渤海，模翰避地高麗，王妻以女。 When Taizu first pacified Bohai, Mohan fled to Goryeo, where the king gave him a daughter in marriage.

九月，征兵出雁門，模翰與敬達軍接戰，敗之，太原圍解。 In the ninth month the army was levied and marched out through Yanmen Pass; Mohan engaged Jingda's force, routed it, and the siege of Taiyuan was raised.

帝召模翰等賜以酒饌，親饗士卒，士氣益振。 The emperor summoned Mohan and his fellows, gave them wine and food, and personally feasted the troops, and their spirit soared.

敬達鼠竄晉安寨，模翰獻俘於帝。 Jingda scurried like a rat into Jin'an stockade; Mohan presented prisoners to the emperor.

上諭模翰曰：「朕自起兵，百餘戰，卿功第一，雖古名將無以加。」 The emperor told Mohan, "Since I first took up arms, through more than a hundred battles your merit has stood first; not even the great generals of antiquity could surpass it."

帝指模翰曰：「此國之勇將，朕統一天下，斯人之力也。」 The emperor pointed to Mohan and said, "Here is this state's bravest general; when I brought all under Heaven to heel, it was this man's doing."

模翰為統軍副使，與僧遏前驅，拔赤城，破德、貝諸寨。 Mohan served as deputy army commander; with Senge in the van he captured Chicheng and stormed the stockades at De, Bei, and elsewhere.

三月，敕虎官楊覃赴乾寧軍，為滄州節度使田武名所圍，模翰與趙延壽聚議往救。 In the third month the tiger officer Yang Tan was dispatched to Qianning army, where Cangzhou military governor Tian Wuming besieged him; Mohan and Zhao Yanshou held council and set out to relieve him.

俄有光自模翰目中出，縈繞旗矛，焰焰如流星久之。 Suddenly a light shot from Mohan's eyes, wound around the flags and spears, and blazed like a meteor for a long time.