Gao Yan (Northern Qi prince)

Gao Yan (Chinese: 高儼; pinyin: Gāo Yǎn) (558 – 29 October 571^[1]), courtesy name Renwei (仁威), posthumously honored as Emperor Gong'ai of Chu (楚恭哀帝), was an imperial prince of China's Northern Qi dynasty.^{[citation needed]} He was a son of the Emperor Wucheng (Gao Zhan) and Empress Hu, and was known as the Prince of Langye.^[2] In 571, during the reign of his older brother Gao Wei, he tried to seize power and killed Gao Wei's trusted official He Shikai and his allies.^[3] Gao Yan himself was killed after his army fled upon the arrival of the Jinyang army led by Hulü Guang.^[3] Some sources suggest he was killed by the powerful lady-in-waiting Lu Lingxuan, after a failed attempt to kill her.^[4]

^ ([武平二年九月]庚午，杀太保、琅邪王俨。) Bei Qi Shu, vol.08. Vol.52 of Bei Shi indicate that he was 14 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died.
^ Tian, Xiaofei (2021). Kroll, Paul (ed.). Family Instructions for the Yan Clan and Other Works by Yan Zhitui (531–590s). De Gruyter Mouton. doi:10.1515/9781501503191. ISBN 978-1-5015-0319-1.
^ ^a ^b Xue, Haibo (August 25, 2014). "Prince's death: window into late Three Kingdoms". CSST (Chinese Social Sciences Today). Retrieved 2024-04-18.
^ Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2017). Historical Dictionary of Medieval China. Rowman.& Littlefield Publishers. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-4422-7616-1.

[1] ([武平二年九月]庚午，杀太保、琅邪王俨。) Bei Qi Shu, vol.08. Vol.52 of Bei Shi indicate that he was 14 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died.

[2] Tian, Xiaofei (2021). Kroll, Paul (ed.). Family Instructions for the Yan Clan and Other Works by Yan Zhitui (531–590s). De Gruyter Mouton. doi:10.1515/9781501503191. ISBN 978-1-5015-0319-1.

[:0-3] Xue, Haibo (August 25, 2014). "Prince's death: window into late Three Kingdoms". CSST (Chinese Social Sciences Today). Retrieved 2024-04-18.

[4] Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2017). Historical Dictionary of Medieval China. Rowman.& Littlefield Publishers. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-4422-7616-1.

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