Overview
Shi Gao was a Grand Marshal and General of Chariots and Cavalry.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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Career and standing
General of Chariots and Cavalry 車騎將軍
Appointed
Grand Marshal and Chariot-and-Cavalry General 大司馬車騎將軍
Appointed
Grand Marshal 大司馬
Appointed
overseer of Masters of Writing affairs 領尚書事
Appointed
palace attendant 侍中
Held
Grand Marshal and General of Chariots and Cavalry 大司馬車騎將軍
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Marquis of Leling 樂陵侯
Enfeoffed · Basis exposed Huo Yu's rebellion
Marquis An 安侯
Received posthumously
Appointed
Deathbed regent · Responsibility directed the Secretariat
Entered
Retired · Gifts comfortable carriage, team of four horses, gold
Places and affiliations
- Polity Han · Relation General of
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment was known for sober reliability and reached the Three Excellencies · Mode historian-judgment
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Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 7 passages
及宣帝寢疾，選大臣可屬者，引外屬侍中樂陵侯史高、太子太傅望之、少傅周堪至禁中，拜高為大司馬車騎將軍，望之為前將軍光祿勳，堪為光祿大夫，皆受遺詔輔政，領尚書事。
When Emperor Xuan fell gravely ill, he chose ministers to whom he could entrust the realm. He summoned his maternal kinsman Shi Gao, Palace Attendant and Marquis of Leling, together with Crown Prince Tutor Wangzhi and Junior Tutor Zhou Kan. Shi Gao was made Grand Marshal and Chariot-and-Cavalry General, Wangzhi Forward General and Minister of the Household, and Zhou Kan Grandee of Splendid Light. All three received the deathbed edict to assist the government and direct the Secretariat.
中書令弘恭、石顯久典樞機，明習文法，亦與車騎將軍高為表裡，論議常獨持故事，不從望之等。
Hong Gong and Shi Xian had long run the machinery of state, knew every clause of the code, and moved in lockstep with General Shi Gao, stonewalling Wangzhi with citations of old precedent.
望之以為中書政本，宜以賢明之選，自武帝游宴後庭，故用宦者，非國舊制，又違古不近刑人之義，白欲更置士人，由是大與高、恭、顯忤。
Wangzhi argued that the secretariat was the heart of government and should be staffed by worthy, capable men. Eunuchs had been employed there since Emperor Wu began visiting and holding banquets in the rear palace, but this was neither an original Han institution nor consistent with the ancient principle of keeping punished men at a distance. He proposed replacing them with regular officials, bringing him into sharp conflict with Shi Gao, Hong Gong, and Shi Xian.
會稽鄭朋陰欲附望之，上疏言車騎將軍高遣客為奸利郡國，及言許、史子弟罪過。
Zheng Peng of Kuaiji curried favor by memorializing against General Shi Gao's clients for corruption in the provinces and against the Xu and Shi clans.
朋數稱述望之，短車騎將軍。
Peng kept praising Wangzhi and attacking General Shi Gao.
恭、顯令二人告望之等謀欲罷車騎將軍疏退許、史狀，候望之出休日，令朋、龍上之。
Hong Gong and Shi Xian had the two accuse Wangzhi and his allies of plotting to remove General Shi Gao and of memorializing to oust the Xu and Shi clans; they waited for Wangzhi's day off and had Peng and Long submit the charge.
恭、顯因使高言：「上新即位，未以德化聞於天下，而先驗師傅，既下九卿大夫獄，宜因決免。」
Hong Gong and Shi Xian then had Shi Gao speak, saying, "Your Majesty has just taken the throne and your transforming virtue is not yet known throughout the realm, yet you have first put your tutors on trial. Now that nine ministers and grandees sit in prison, you ought to dismiss them at once."
Book of Han, Chapter 93Volume 82: Wang Shang, Shi Dan and Fu Xi · 7 passages
及宣帝即尊位，恭已死，三子，高、曾、玄。
When Emperor Xuan took the throne, Gong was already dead, leaving three sons: Gao, Zeng, and Xuan.
高侍中，貴幸，以發舉反者大司馬霍禹功封樂陵侯。
Shi Gao served as palace attendant and enjoyed high favor; for exposing the rebel Grand Marshal Huo Yu he was enfeoffed as Marquis of Yueling.
宣帝疾病，拜高爲大司馬、車騎將軍，領尚書事。
When Emperor Xuan fell ill, he appointed Shi Gao Grand Marshal and General of Chariots and Cavalry with oversight of the Masters of Writing.
高輔政五年，乞骸骨，賜安車駟馬、黃金，罷就第。
Shi Gao served as regent for five years, then asked to retire. He was given a comfortable carriage and team of four, gold, and permission to withdraw to his estate.
薨，謚曰安侯。
When he died he was posthumously titled Marquis An.
自元帝為太子時，丹以父高任為中庶子，侍從十餘年。
While Emperor Yuan was still crown prince, Shi Dan, through his father Shi Gao's standing, was appointed palace attendant to the heir and served at his side for more than a decade.
史丹父子相繼，高以重厚，位至三公。
Shi Dan and his father Shi Gao followed each other into high office; the father was famed for sober reliability, and both rose to the Three Excellencies.
Book of Han, Chapter 101Volume 89: Upright Officials · 3 passages