Wei Gao (韋臯) | 24 Histories

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Wei Gao was an official and Judge.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Attested activity

AD 783 先時
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 141
AD 785 to AD 805 劍南西川節度使韋皋
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 52, passage 165
AD 801 十七年
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 22, passage 150
AD 784 to AD 785 復江南使回
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 142, 144-145
AD 805 皋卒
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passage 45
AD 785 to AD 805 貞元中
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 22, passages 140-141

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AD 785 to AD 805 韋皋
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passage 41

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Career and standing

staff judge 判官
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 141
acting rear commander of Long prefecture 隴州留後
Held · At Long prefecture 隴州
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 141
Jiannan Xichuan Military Commissioner 劍南西川節度使
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 22, passage 140
military governor of Jiannan West 劍南西川節度使
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passage 165

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 141
At Jiannan West / Xichuan 劍南西川 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passage 165
At Long prefecture 隴州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 141

Works and attributed material

Nanzhao Offering Sage Music 南詔奉聖樂
Relation Author
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 22, passage 141

Events and relationships

Composed nanzhao offering sage music
Diplomatic · Composer and presenter
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 22, passage 141
Killed mutinous soldiers from Bin
Military · Commander · At Bin 豳
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 141
Refused to follow
Military · Refuser · With Li Chulin (李楚琳)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 141
Rescored and illustrated pyu music
Scholarly · Arranger
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 22, passage 150
Sent daily presented tribute
Administrative · Presenter
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passage 165

Assessments and attributes

Assessment official rank most humble, yet specially established loyalty and righteousness · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Xiao Fu (蕭復)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 144

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 141

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History

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 129Volume 125 Biographies 75: Zhang Yi, Liu Congyi, Xiao Fu, Liu Hun · 3 passages

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先時，淮南節度陳少遊首稱臣於李希烈，鳳翔將李楚琳殺節度使張鎰以應硃泚，鎰判官韋臯先知隴州留後，首殺豳叛卒數百人，不應楚琳。 Earlier, Huainan military governor Chen Shaoyou was the first to declare himself subject to Li Xilie. Fengxiang general Li Chulin killed military governor Zhang Yi to join Zhu Ci. Zhang Yi's staff judge Wei Gao, who had earlier served as acting rear commander of Long prefecture, was the first to kill several hundred mutinous soldiers from Bin and refused to follow Chulin.

韋臯名宦最卑，特建忠義。 Wei Gao's official rank was the most humble, yet he specially established loyalty and righteousness.

請令韋臯代少遊，則天下明然知逆順之理。」 I request that Wei Gao be ordered to replace Chen Shaoyou, so that All Under Heaven will clearly understand the principle of rebellion and submission."

New Book of Tang, Chapter 22Volume 22 Treatises 12: Rites and Music 12 · 3 passages

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貞元中，南詔異牟尋遺使詣劍南西川節度使韋皋，言欲獻夷中歌曲，且令驃國進樂。 Zhenyuan saw Nanzhao's Yi Mouxun ask Wei Gao, southwest commissioner, to receive barbarian songs and send Pyu musicians as well.

皋乃作《南詔奉聖樂》，用黃鐘之均，舞六成，工六十四人，贊引二人，序曲二十八疊，執羽而舞「南詔奉聖樂」字，曲將終，雷鼓作於四隅，舞者皆拜，金聲作而起，執羽稽首，以象朝覲。 Gao wrote Nanzhao Offering Sage Music in the Huangzhong register—six dance sections, sixty-four players, two announcers, twenty-eight prelude repetitions. Dancers bore feathers spelling "Nanzhao Offering Sage Music"; at the close thunder drums at four corners sent them prostrate, then metal tones raised them to bow with feathers in mimicry of imperial audience.

十七年，驃國王雍羌遣弟悉利移、城主舒難陀獻其國樂，至成都，韋皋復譜次其聲，又圖其舞容、樂器以獻。 Year 17 brought Pyu King Yongyao's brother Xilayi and lord Shunantuo with state music to Chengdu; Wei Gao re-harmonized it and submitted illustrations of dances and instruments.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 52Volume 52 Treatises 48: Finance and Economics 2 · 1 passage

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劍南西川節度使韋皋有「日進」，江西觀察使李兼有「月進」，淮南節度使杜亞、宣歙觀察使劉贊、鎮海節度使王緯李錡皆徼射恩澤，以常賦入貢，名為「羨餘」。 Wei Gao in Jiannan sent "daily tribute," Li Jian in Jiangxi "monthly tribute"; Du Ya, Liu Zan, Wang Wei, and Li Qi converted regular taxes into "surplus" gifts for favor.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 39: Cui Rong and Descendent Cong, Descendent Neng, Neng's Nephew: Shen You, Neng's Nephew an Qian, Neng's Son: Yan Ceng, Xu Yanbo, Su Weidao, Dou Lu Qin Wang · 2 passages

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久之，韋皋引為西山運務使。 After some time Wei Gao appointed him transport commissioner for the western hills.

皋卒，劉辟反，欲並東川。 After Gao died, Liu Pi rebelled and sought to annex Dongchuan as well.