Zigao

Zigao (Wade–Giles: Tzu-kao) may refer to:

People named Zigao (子高)

Shang dynasty

• Xiao Jia (小甲) (r. 1666–1650 BCE), personal name Zi Gao (子高), the seventh King of the Shang dynasty.

Spring and Autumn period

• Guo Zigao (国子高), an official of the Qi state in the Spring and Autumn period (771–476 BCE).
• Duke of Ye (叶公) (529–after 479 BCE), courtesy name Zigao (子高), also known as Shen Zhuliang (沈諸梁), general of the Chu state.
• Gongzi Gao (公子高), son of Duke Wen of Jiang Qi and founder of the Gao clan in Qi, grandfather of Gao Xi (fl. 686 BCE).
• Gongzi Qi (公子祁), courtesy name Zigao (子高), son of Duke Hui of Jiang Qi (r. 608–559 BCE).

Warring States period

• Gongzi Gao (公子高) (fl. 334, 323 BCE), son of King Hui of Wei.
• Kong Chuan (孔穿), courtesy name Zigao (子高), a descendant of Confucius in the Warring States period, possibly a contemporary of Gongsun Long (325–250 BCE).

Qin dynasty

• Gongzi Gao (公子高) (d. 209 BCE), a son of Qin Shi Huang.

Han dynasty

• Feng Shang (冯商), courtesy name Zigao (子高), a historian during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han (r. 51–7 BCE).
• Zhang Chang (張敞) (d. 48 BCE), courtesy name Zigao (子高), Han scholar and official.
• Tang Lin (唐林), courtesy name Zigao (子高), an official during the reign of Emperor Ai of Han (r. 27–1 BCE).
• Liu Hong (劉弘) (fl. 189), courtesy name Zigao (子高), an official of the Eastern Han, appointed as Minister of Works (司空).
• Dong Zhong (董重) (d. 189), courtesy name Zigao (子高), nephew of Empress Dowager Dong, mother of Emperor Ling of Han.

Three Kingdoms period

• Sun Deng (孫登) (209–241), courtesy name Zigao (子高), the Eastern Wu crown prince.

Jin dynasty

• Su Jun (蘇峻) (d. 328), courtesy name Zigao (子高), a general of the Eastern Jin dynasty.

Southern and Northern dynasties

• Xing Kang (邢亢), courtesy name Zigao (子高), son of the Northern Wei official, Xing Yan (478–528).
• Dai Zigao (戴子高), mentioned in Tao Yuanzhen's Yún-Sūn-suí-bǐ and a contemporary of Xiao Lun (507–551), son of Emperor Wu of Liang.
• Han Zigao (韩子高) (538–567), a general of the Chen dynasty.
• Wang Cao (王操), courtesy name Zigao (子高), a prime minister during the reign of Emperor Ming of Western Liang (r. 542–585).

Tang dynasty

• Zheng Zigao (郑子高), father of the Tang official, Zheng Pei (738–796).

Song dynasty

• Jia Qiao (郟僑), courtesy name Zigao (子高), son of the Song official, Jia Dan (1038–1103).
• Chen Ke (陳克) (1081–1137), courtesy name Zigao (子高), an official during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Song.
• Fang Shanjing (方山京), courtesy name Zigao (子高), zhuangyuan (1st ranked Jinshi 進士) in 1262 during the reign of Emperor Lizong of Song.

Ming dynasty

• Liu Song (劉崧) (1321–1381), courtesy name Zigao (子高), an official during the reign of Hongwu Emperor.
• Lu Zigao (陸子高) (1354–1431), a Ming imperial scholar (Gongshi 貢士) during the reign of Hongwu Emperor.
• Ma Jing (马京) (d. 1411), courtesy name Zigao (子高), a Ming imperial scholar (Jinshi) in 1385.
• Zheng Cen (鄭岑) (b. 1420), courtesy name Zigao (子高), a Ming imperial scholar (Jinshi) in 1454.
• Guo Zigao (郭子高), grandfather of a Ming imperial scholar (Jinshi) in 1475, Guo Shen (1448–1513), and great-grandfather of another in 1517, Guo Xu.
• Sun Sheng (孙升) (1501–1560), courtesy name Zigao (子高) or Zhigao (志高), a Ming imperial scholar (Jinshi) in 1535.
• Li Qiao (李侨) (fl. 1544), courtesy name Zigao (子高), a Ming imperial scholar (Jinshi) in 1544.
• Pan Yigui (潘一桂) (fl. 1559), courtesy name Zigao (子高), a Ming imperial scholar (Jinshi) in 1559.

Qing dynasty

• Dai Wang (戴望) (1837–1873), courtesy name Zigao (子高), a scholar during the reign of Xianfeng Emperor.

Modern China

• Zhang Zigao (张子高) (1886–1976), a Hubei-born scientist, professor in Tsinghua University.
• Shen Zigao (沈子高) (1895–1982), an Anglican bishop in Shanxi, China.
• Zhou Zigao (周子高) and Hou Zigao (侯子高), the two soldiers mentioned in 1945 Eighth Route Army Compilation Sequence.
• Ding Zigao (丁子高) (b. 1979), a Hong Kong actor.

People named Zigao (子羔)

• Gao Chai (高柴) (6–5 cc. BCE), courtesy name Zigao (子羔), a disciple of Confucius.
  • Eponymous excavated text from the Shanghai Museum collection.
• Jiang Zigao (姜子羔), a Ming politician and imperial scholar (Jinshi) in 1553, grandson of another imperial scholar in 1502, Jiang Rong.

People named Zigao (諮皋)

• Yu Zigao (俞諮皋) (d. 1628), an admiral and contemporary of Zheng Zhilong.