Sui and Tang · Prince of Cao and Military Governor

Li Gao 李皋

c. AD 733 - AD 792

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41
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1
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1

Overview

Li Gao was a prince of Cao and Military Governor.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Zilan 子蘭 Zilan
Posthumous name Cheng 成 Cheng

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  • Assessment among the finest of the imperial house; talents differed from Mian but moral way not far apart · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 209
  • Assessment filial · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 79
  • unfailing strategy and victory 謀必臧，戰必勝
    Assessment superior to Li Mian in raising armies, repelling invaders, and winning battles · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 207
  • finest of the imperial clan 宗臣之英
    Assessment upright, dignified, incorruptible; earned praise in governance; finest of the imperial clan · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 206

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41 passages

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu · 41 passages
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會與賊夾江為陣，中使又至，皋乃勉令以功自贖，賜之以所乘馬及器甲，令將鋒而先，皋率軍繼之，責其有功，果大破賊，斬首數百級，慎方得免罪。 Just then they drew up against the enemy on opposite banks of the river. When the envoy arrived again, Li Gao urged Shen to win redemption through merit, gave him his own horse and armor, and sent him at the head of the vanguard while he followed with the main force. Shen broke the enemy soundly, taking several hundred heads, and only then escaped punishment.
賊還救，間一日方至，大破之，因進拔蘄州，降其將李良，又取黃州，斬首千餘，兵益振，舒王為元帥，加皋前軍兵馬使。 The enemy turned back to relieve the mountain but arrived a day too late. Li Gao routed them, took Qi Prefecture, and accepted the surrender of the rebel general Li Liang. He also captured Huang Prefecture, taking more than a thousand heads, and his army's morale soared. With the Prince of Shu as overall commander, Li Gao was made forward-army commissioner.
漢陽王張柬之有林園在州西，公府多假之游宴，皋將買之，彝斂衽而言曰：「張漢陽有中興功，今遺業當百代保之，王縱欲之，奈何令其子孫自鬻焉！」 The estate and garden of Prince of Hanyang Zhang Jianzhi lay west of the city, and the government often borrowed it for banquets. When Li Gao was about to purchase it, Ma Yi straightened his robes and said, "Zhang of Hanyang restored the dynasty. His family holding should be preserved for generations. Even if Your Highness desires it, how can you have his descendants sell their own heritage!"