Sui and Tang · Prince of Zhao

Yang Gao 楊杲

Yáng Gǎo

First attested AD 605; died AD 618

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Gao was a prince of Zhao.

Life and dates

Death

AD 618 二年三月丙辰
Killed · Authority Yuwen Huaji (宇文化及)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 5, passage 37

Attested activity

AD 618 二年三月丙辰
Directly stated · Book of Sui 5, passages 36-37
AD 605 to AD 618 大業年間
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passage 229

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Consort Xiao (蕭嬪)
bore 生
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 264
Child of Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝)
prince 王 · Uncertain parentage
son 三男
Sources vary in certainty · Book of Sui 5, passage 37; Book of Sui 59, passage 264

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui · Relation Associated with
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passage 229

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Gong · 1 passage

齊王暕，趙王杲，燕王倓，光祿大夫、開府儀同三司、行右翊衞大將軍宇文協，金紫光祿大夫、內史侍郎虞世基，銀青光祿大夫、御史大夫裴蘊，通議大夫、行給事郎許善心，皆遇害。 Prince of Qi Yang Jian, Prince of Zhao Yang Gao, Prince of Yan Yang Dan, Yuwen Xie (Grand Master of Splendid Happiness and acting General-in-Chief of the Right Wing Guard), Yu Shiji (Palace Secretary), Pei Yun (Censor-in-Chief), and Xu Shanxin (Acting Recorder)—all were killed.

Book of Sui, Chapter 59Volume 59 Biographies 24: Three Sons of Emperor Yang · 2 passages

煬帝三男：蕭皇后生元德太子昭、齊王暕，蕭嬪生趙王杲。 Emperor Yang had three sons: Empress Xiao bore the Yuande Heir Apparent Zhao and Prince Zheng of Qi; Consort Xiao bore Prince Gao of Zhao.

時趙王杲猶在孩孺，帝謂侍臣曰：「朕唯有暕一子，不然者，當肆諸市朝，以明國憲也。」 At that time Prince Gao of Zhao was still an infant; the emperor said to his attendants, "I have only Zheng as a grown son; otherwise I would execute him in the marketplace and make clear the laws of the state."