Gao Yun (高允) | 24 Histories

Overview

Gao Yun was an official and Poet.

PeriodThree Kingdoms and Six Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 440 to AD 487 世修其業
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 110, passage 127
AD 422 中書侍郎高允參丕軍事
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 19, passages 10, 16
AD 386 to AD 534 國史自…以還
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 86, passage 67
AD 450 to AD 487 歸從祖兄中書令允
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 95, passage 85
AD 431 to AD 487 高允傳
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 95, passage 265
AD 386 to AD 534 魏世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 98, passage 14

Family

Kin of Gao Zun (高遵)
father's cousin 從祖兄 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passages 85, 89
Kin of Gao Ji (濟)
paternal cousin 從祖兄弟 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 95, passage 85

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Director of the Secretariat 中書令
Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 85; Book of Wei 98, passage 14
Secretariat Attendant 中書侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 19, passage 16

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Wei 19, passage 16; Book of Wei 95, passage 85
Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 95, passage 265

Works and attributed material

Treatise on Divination 筮論
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Wei 19, passage 27
national history 國史
Relation Compiler
Directly stated · Book of Wei 86, passage 67
Biography of Gao Yun, juan 31 of the History of the Northern Dynasties 北史卷三一高允傳
Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 265
Poem · Author · With Lady Liu (劉氏) · Direct quotation · Mode direct-quotation Source Person Id Gao Yun (高允)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 14-53
Remonstrance · Speaker · With Pi (丕)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 19, passage 16
Treatise · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Wei 19, passages 27-33

Events and relationships

Conducted mourning for Ji made Zun chief mourner
Ritual · Organizer · With Gao Ji (濟)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 86
Secured official post for Zun
Patronage · Patron · With Gao Zun (高遵)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 88
Relation Patron of · Person Gao Zun (高遵)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passages 88-89
Relation Advisor to · Person Pi (丕)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 19, passage 16

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 265

References in the histories

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History

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Book of Wei, Chapter 19Volume 17: Emperor Mingyuan's Six Princes · 2 passages

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時中書侍郎高允參丕軍事，諫曰：「今若誅之，是傷其向化之心，恐大軍一還，為亂必速。」 At the time Secretariat Attendant Gao Yun was participating in Pi's military affairs. He remonstrated, "If we execute them now, this will wound their will to submit to transformation. I fear that once the great army returns, rebellion will come quickly."

丕之薨及日者董道秀之死也，高允遂著筮論曰：「昔明元末起白臺，其高二十餘丈，樂平王嘗夢登其上，四望無所見。 When Prince Pi died and the diviner Dong Daoxiu was put to death, Gao Yun wrote a treatise on divination, saying: "Near the end of Emperor Mingyuan's reign a White Terrace was built, more than twenty zhang tall. The Prince of Leping once dreamed that he climbed it and gazed in every direction, yet saw nothing at all.

Book of Wei, Chapter 86Volume 81: Qi Jun, Shan Wei, Liu Renzhi, Yuwen Zhongzhi · 1 passage

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國史自鄧淵、崔琛、崔浩、高允、李彪、崔光以還，諸人相繼撰錄，綦儁及偉等諂說上黨王天穆及尒朱世隆，以為國書正應代人修緝，不宜委之餘人，是以儁、偉等更主大籍。 Since Deng Yuan, Cui Chen, Cui Hao, Gao Yun, Li Biao, and Cui Guang, the national history had been compiled in turn by successive scholars; Qi Jun, Wei, and others flattered Shangdang Prince Tianmu and Erzhu Shilong, arguing that the state annals ought to be edited by men of Dai and not entrusted to outsiders—so Jun, Wei, and their circle again took charge of the great registers.

Book of Wei, Chapter 95Volume 89: Cruel Officals: Yu Luohou, Hu Ni, Li Hongzhi, Gaozun Zhang Sheti, Yang Zhi, Cui Xian, Li Dao Yun · 5 passages

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遵遂馳赴平城，歸從祖兄中書令允。 Zun galloped to Pingcheng and sought out his father's cousin Yun, Director of the Secretariat.

允乃為遵父舉哀，以遵為喪主，京邑無不弔集，朝貴咸識之。 Yun conducted mourning for Zun's father and installed Zun as chief mourner; the entire capital came to pay condolences, and the court elite all came to know him.

免喪，允為營宦路，得補樂浪王侍郎。 When mourning ended, Yun secured an official post for him, and he was appointed Attendant to the Prince of Lelang.

遵感成益之恩，事允如諸父。 Grateful for the benefit Yun had conferred, Zun served him as he would an uncle.

〈附卷三一高允傳〉、〈attached to the biography of Gao Yun, juan 31〉

Book of Wei, Chapter 98Volume 92: Notable Women: Cui Lan's Consort Feng, Feng Zhuo's Consort Liu, Wei Pu's Consort Fang, Hu Changming's Consort Zhang · 1 passage

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中書令高允念其義高而名不著，為之詩曰：「兩儀正位，人倫肇甄。 Director of the Secretariat Gao Yun, reflecting that her virtue was lofty yet her name obscure, composed a poem for her that begins: "Heaven and earth hold their stations; human bonds take their first form.

Book of Wei, Chapter 110Volume 104: Author's Preface · 1 passage

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始魏初鄧淵撰代記十餘卷，其後崔浩典史，游雅、高允、程駿、李彪、崔光、李琰之世修其業。 At the founding of Wei, Deng Yuan compiled the Annals of the Dynasty in more than ten scrolls. Later Cui Hao directed the historiography, and You Ya, Gao Yun, Cheng Jun, Li Biao, Cui Guang, and Li Yanzhi carried on the tradition through successive generations.