Zigao

Zigao is a name which may refer to:

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.
 * Gao (Qi) (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).
 * Zigao (Qi) (公子祁), courtesy name Zigao (子高), son of Duke Hui of Jiang Qi (r. 608–559 BCE).

Warring States period

 * Gao (Wei) (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

 * Gao (Qin) (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 (Han) (唐林), courtesy name Zigao (子高), an official during the reign of Emperor Ai of Han (r. 27–1 BCE).
 * Liu Hong (minister) (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 Essays of Yunsun 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 (Song) (1038–1103).
 * Chen Ke (Southern Song) (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 (Ming) (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 (Ming) (孙升) (1501–1560), courtesy name Zigao (子高) or Zhigao (志高), a Ming imperial scholar (Jinshi) in 1535.
 * Li Qiao (Ming) (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 (professor) (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.
 * Real Ding (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 (Ming).

People named Zigao (諮皋)

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