Gao Sihao (高思好) | 24 Histories

Overview

Gao Sihao was a Sizong’s adoptive younger brother; Prince of Nan’an; led a failed rebellion.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Changed name	Sixiao	思孝

Life and dates

Death

drowned himself with Wang Xingsi after his army was defeated
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 125

Attested activity

AD 573 南安王思好事敗前後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 54-55
AD 554 天保五年
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 105
AD 574 武平五年
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 109
AD 573 高思好作亂
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 120

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Sihao’s consort
consort 妃
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 133
Parent of Sihao’s son
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 135
Sibling of Sizong (思宗)
younger brother 弟 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passages 101-102

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Origins and identity

originally a son of the Hao clan
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 102

Career and standing

Grand General of the Left Guard 左衛大將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 104
Director of the Masters of Writing, Field Headquarters of the Shuozhou Circuit, Governor of Shuozhou 尚書令、朔州道行臺、朔州刺史
Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 107
Prince of Nan’an 南安王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 107
Prince of Nanan 南安王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 54
Was denounced fifty days before his revolt for plotting rebellion
Denounced · Authority The informant
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 134

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Qi 北齊 · Relation Rebelled against
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 54

Works and attributed material

Issued a rebel manifesto to the nobles of Bing Province denouncing court favorites and the emperor’s conduct
Manifesto · Author · With Wang Xingsi (王行思)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passages 109-120

Events and relationships

Affair failed
AD 573 南安王思好事敗前後 · Military · Rebel leader
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 55
Campaigned against the Rouran and was praised by Wenxuan for fierce bravery
Military · Commander · With Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi (文宣帝)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 105
Denounced court crimes citing killing of Jishu and others
AD 573 南安王思好事敗前後 · Political · Leader · At Jinyang 晉陽
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 54
His army collapsed against imperial forces sent to suppress him
Military · Defeated rebel
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passages 122, 124-125
Raised troops in rebellion in the fifth year of Wuping
AD 574 武平五年 · Military · Rebel
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 109
Reached Yangqu, styled himself grand chancellor, and set up a full bureaucracy
Political · Self styled ruler · With Wang Xingsi (王行思)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 121

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Rebelled
Military · Rebel leader
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 120
Served Gao Cheng in horsemanship and archery in youth
Personal · Attendant · With Wenxiang (文襄)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 103
Relation Rivalry with · Person Zhuogu Guangbian (旫骨光弁)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 108

Assessments and attributes

Assessment won deep loyalty on the northern frontier · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 107

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 54
his corpse was displayed for seven days, then butchered, skinned, and burned
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 133
Sizong treated him very poorly despite raising him as a younger brother
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 102
From Sixiao 思孝 · To Sihao 思好 · Authority Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi (文宣帝)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passages 105-106

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History

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 14Volume 14 Biographies 6: Guangping Gongcheng; Yangzhou Gong Yongle; Di Zhangbi; Prince of Xiangle, Xiang Guo; Prince of Shangluo, Si Zong; Zi Yuanhai; Di Sihao; Prince of Pingqin, Guiyan; Prince Pu of Wuxing; Changle, Governor of Lingshan; Sizi Fuhu · 14 passages

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廣平公盛陽州公永樂弟長弼襄樂王顯國上洛王思宗子元海弟思好平秦王歸彥武興王普長樂太守靈山嗣子伏護 Duke Sheng of Guangping; Duke Yongle of Yangzhou; younger brother Changbi; Prince Xianguo of Xiangle; Prince Sizong of Shangluo; son Yuanhai; younger brother Sihao; Prince Guiyan of Pingqin; Prince Pu of Wuxing; Lingshan, Governor of Changle; successor son Fuhu

思宗弟思好。 Sizong's younger brother Sihao.

思好本浩氏子也，思宗養以為弟，遇之甚薄。 Sihao was originally a son of the Hao clan; Sizong raised him as a younger brother but treated him very poorly.

及文宣受命，為左衛大將軍。 When Wenxuan took the throne, Sihao was made grand general of the Left Guard.

本名思孝，天保五年，討蠕蠕，文宣悅其驍勇，謂曰：「爾擊賊如鶻入鴉群，宜思好事。」 His original name was Sixiao. In the fifth year of Tianbao, on campaign against the Rouran, Wenxuan delighted in his fierce bravery and said, "You strike the enemy like a goshawk among crows — think on deeds worthy of that gift."

累遷尚書令、朔州道行臺、朔州刺史、開府、南安王，甚得邊朔人心。 He rose in turn to director of the Masters of Writing, field headquarters of the Shuozhou circuit, governor of Shuozhou, opening-establishment honors, and Prince of Nan'an — and won deep loyalty on the northern frontier.

後主時，斫骨光弁奉使至州，思好迎之甚謹，光弁倨敖，思好因心銜恨。 Under the Later Lord, Zhuogu Guangbian came to the province on mission. Sihao received him with scrupulous courtesy; Guangbian repaid him with arrogance — and Sihao nursed the insult in silence.

思好至陽曲，自號大丞相，置百官，以行臺左丞王尚之為長史。 Sihao reached Yangqu and styled himself grand chancellor. He set up a full bureaucracy and made left assistant of the field headquarters Wang Shangzhi his chief clerk.

軍士皆曰：「南安王來，我輩唯須唱萬歲奉迎耳。」 The soldiers said among themselves, "Prince of Nan'an is coming — we need only shout 'ten thousand years!' and welcome him."

思好軍敗，與行思投水而死。 Sihao's army collapsed. He and Xingsi cast themselves into the water and drowned.

暴思好屍七日，然後屠剝焚之，烹尚之於鄴市，令內參射其妃於宮內，仍火焚殺之。 Sihao's corpse was put on display seven days, then butchered, skinned, and burned. Shangzhi was boiled alive in the Ye market. Palace eunuchs were told to shoot Sihao's consort inside the palace — then burn what remained.

思好反前五旬，有人告其謀反。 Fifty days before the revolt, someone denounced Sihao for plotting rebellion.

韓長鸞女適思好子，故奏有人誣告諸貴，事相擾動，不殺無以息後，乃斬之。 Han Changluan's daughter was married to Sihao's son. He memorialized that the report was slander meant to unsettle the nobles — that unless the informant were killed, trouble would follow. The man was beheaded.

思好旣誅，死者弟伏闕下訴求贈兄，長鸞不為通也。 After Sihao's death, the informant's younger brother lay prostrate below the palace gate, begging posthumous honors for his brother. Changluan refused to pass the petition.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 15Volume 15 Biographies 7: Dou Tai; Wei Jing; Lou Zhao; His Nephew Rui; Kudie Gan; His Son Shiwen; Han Gui; Pan Le · 1 passage

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因高思好作亂，提婆令臨淮國郎中令告定遠陰與思好通。 When Gao Sihao rose in rebellion, Mutipo had the Linhuai principality's director accuse Dingyuan of secret dealings with Sihao.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 39Volume 39 Biographies 31: Cui Jishu; Zu Ting · 1 passage

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後南安王思好更稱朝廷罪惡，以季舒等見害為詞，悉召六人兄弟子侄隨軍趣晉陽。 Later Prince of Nanan Sihao again denounced the court crimes, citing the killing of Jishu and the others, and summoned the six men brothers and nephews to follow his army toward Jinyang.