Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Ge Sengshao 葛僧韶

Gě Sēngsháo

Attested AD 465

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ge Sengshao was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 465 太宗初即位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 86, passages 16-17

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Sister of Yin Xiaozu
son 子 · maternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 86, passage 16
Kin of Yin Xiaozu (殷孝祖)
sister's son / nephew 外甥
Directly stated · Book of Song 86, passage 16

Career and standing

Staff officer in the Secretariat 司徒參軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 86, passage 16

Places and affiliations

At Yingchuan 潁川
Directly stated · Book of Song 86, passage 16
At Yingchuan 潁川 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Book of Song 86, passage 16

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Yin Xiaozu (殷孝祖) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Song 86, passages 17-22

Events and relationships

Summoned
AD 465 太宗初即位 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Yin Xiaozu (殷孝祖)
Directly stated · Book of Song 86, passages 16-17

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 86Volume 86 Biographies 46: Yin Xiaozu, Liu Mian · 4 passages

太宗初即位，四方反叛，孝祖外甥司徒參軍潁川葛僧韶建議銜命徵孝祖入朝，上遣之。 When Emperor Ming had just ascended the throne, rebellions erupted throughout the realm. Xiaozu's nephew Ge Sengshao of Yingchuan, a staff officer in the Secretariat, urged that an imperial summons bring Xiaozu to the capital, and the emperor dispatched him.

時徐州刺史薛安都遣薛索兒等屯據津徑，僧韶間行得至，說孝祖曰：「景和兇狂，開闢未有，朝野危極，假命漏刻。 At that time Xu Province governor Xue An'du had sent Xue Suo'er and others to hold the river crossings. Sengshao traveled by concealed routes and reached Xiaozu, saying to him, "The Jinghe emperor was savage and deranged beyond anything since the realm was founded; court and countryside stood on the brink of ruin, their lives measured in hours.

孝祖具問朝廷消息，僧韶隨方酬譬，並陳兵甲精強，主上欲委以前驅之任。 Xiaozu questioned him thoroughly about affairs at court. Sengshao answered point by point as needed, also reporting that the armies were strong and that the emperor wished to entrust him with the vanguard command.

孝祖即日棄妻子，率文武二千人隨僧韶還都。 That very day Xiaozu left wife and children behind and led two thousand civil and military followers back to the capital with Sengshao.