Gao Shao (高劭) | 24 Histories

Overview

Gao Shao was an official and Judge.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zijiang	子將	Zijiang

Life and dates

Death

At Gaoling 高陵 · Cause Killed by bandits
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 95

Age

14
AD 880 to AD 885 唐僖宗在蜀 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 85

Attested activity

AD 900 to AD 907 先是
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 199
AD 885 to AD 888 光啟中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 86

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Gao Pian (高駢)
cousin (father's brother's son / younger agnatic cousin) 從子
younger agnatic cousin 從子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 83
Child of Gao Tai (高泰)
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 84
Parent of Son of Gao Shao (高劭之子)
son 子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 199

Key source chapters

Career and standing

judge on the staff of the Founder of Liang 梁祖判官
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 199
distant prefect of Hua 遙領華州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 85

Places and affiliations

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 199

Events and relationships

Escaped Cai captivity
Escape · Fugitive
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 20, passages 87-90
Used the Liang founder's yin privilege to seek an initial appointment for his son
AD 900 to AD 907 先是 · Administrative · Petitioner · With Son of Gao Shao (高劭之子)
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 199
Relation Staff officer of · Person Founder of Liang (梁祖)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 199

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 20Volume 20 Book of Later Liang 20: Biographies 10: Xie Tong, Si Maye, Liu Han, Wang Jinrao, Gao Shao, Ma Sixun, Zhang Cunjin, Kou Yanqing · 5 passages

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高劭，字子將，淮南節度使駢之從子也。 Gao Shao, who styled himself Zijiang, was a cousin of the Huainan commissioner Gao Pian.

唐僖宗避敵在蜀，駢鎮淮南為都統，兼諸道鹽鐵使，兵賦在己，朝廷優假之，以故劭幸而早官，年十四遙領華州刺史。 While Xizong sheltered in Shu, Pian ruled Huainan as supreme commander and salt-and-iron commissioner with troops and taxes in his fist; the court indulged him, and Shao at fourteen was given distant command as prefect of Hua.

俄而州陷於蔡，劭為賊所得，使人守之，戒四門曰：「無出高大夫。」 Soon Cai rebels took the city; they seized Shao and posted guards with orders at every gate: "Let no one let Lord Gao out."

劭伺守者稍惰，佯為乞食者，過危垣，取殍者衣，坌身易服，得他兒抱之行，出東郊門。 When the guards slackened he played a beggar, crept past a broken wall, dressed in a dead man's rags, took up another child as if his own, and walked out the eastern gate.

唐昭宗之鳳翔，太祖迎奉未出，劭有疑謀，遂令赴華州，詣丞相府以議其事； When Zhaozong fled to Fengxiang and the Founder had not yet marched to receive him, Shao's plotting aroused suspicion; he was sent to Hua to consult the chief minister's office—

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 58Volume 58 Book of Later Tang 34: Biographies 10: Zhao Guangfeng, Zheng Jue, Cui Xie, Li Qi, Xiao Qing · 1 passage

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先是，張浚自中書出為右僕射，梁祖判官高劭使梁祖蔭求一子出身官，省寺皆稱無例，浚曲為行之，指揮甚急，吏徒惶恐。 Earlier, when Zhang Jun left the Secretariat to become right vice director, Gao Shao, a judge on the staff of the Founder of Liang, had the Founder's yin request an initial appointment for a son. All the capital ministries and courts said there was no precedent, but Zhang Jun bent the rules to carry it out. His order was extremely urgent, and the clerks were terrified.