# Zigao

Zigao (Wade–Giles: Tzu-kao) is a name which 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 [zh] (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 [zh] (公子高), son of Duke Wen of Jiang Qi and founder of the Gao clan in Qi, grandfather of Gao Xi [zh] (fl. 686 BCE).
* Gongzi Qi [zh] (公子祁), courtesy name Zigao (子高), son of Duke Hui of Jiang Qi (r. 608–559 BCE).

### Warring States period

* Gongzi Gao [zh] (公子高) (fl. 334, 323 BCE), son of King Hui of Wei.
* Kong Chuan [zh] (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 [zh] (公子高) (d. 209 BCE), a son of Qin Shi Huang.

### Han dynasty

* Feng Shang [zh] (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 [zh] (唐林), courtesy name Zigao (子高), an official during the reign of Emperor Ai of Han (r. 27–1 BCE).
* Liu Hong [zh] (劉弘) (fl. 189), courtesy name Zigao (子高), an official of the Eastern Han, appointed as Minister of Works (司空).
* Dong Zhong [zh] (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 [zh] (478–528).
* Dai Zigao (戴子高), mentioned in Tao Yuanzhen's [zh] Yún-Sūn-suí-bǐ [zh] and a contemporary of Xiao Lun [zh] (507–551), son of Emperor Wu of Liang.
* Han Zigao (韩子高) (538–567), a general of the Chen dynasty.
* Wang Cao [zh] (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 [zh] (738–796).

### Song dynasty

* Jia Qiao (郟僑), courtesy name Zigao (子高), son of the Song official, Jia Dan [zh] (1038–1103).
* Chen Ke [zh] (陳克) (1081–1137), courtesy name Zigao (子高), an official during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Song.
* Fang Shanjing [zh] (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 [zh] (劉崧) (1321–1381), courtesy name Zigao (子高), an official during the reign of Hongwu Emperor.
* Lu Zigao [zh] (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 [zh] (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 [zh] (1448–1513), and great-grandfather of another in 1517, Guo Xu [zh].
* Sun Sheng [zh] (孙升) (1501–1560), courtesy name Zigao (子高) or Zhigao (志高), a Ming imperial scholar (Jinshi) in 1535.
* Li Qiao [zh] (李侨) (fl. 1544), courtesy name Zigao (子高), a Ming imperial scholar (Jinshi) in 1544.
* Pan Yigui [zh] (潘一桂) (fl. 1559), courtesy name Zigao (子高), a Ming imperial scholar (Jinshi) in 1559.

### Qing dynasty

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

### Modern China

* Zhang Zigao [zh] (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 [zh].
* Ding Zigao [zh] (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 [zh] (姜子羔), a Ming politician and imperial scholar (Jinshi) in 1553, grandson of another imperial scholar in 1502, Jiang Rong [zh].

## People named Zigao (諮皋)

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