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368 public documents. The favour shown to him excited jealousy, and in 1689 he was denounced in a long and virulent diatribe by Kuo Hsiu as the head of a faction organised for purposes of rapacity by abuse of the Imperial favour. In 1694 he was restored to office. Author of a work on art, jottings on history and books, and journals of Imperial progresses. Canonised as 文恪.

  Kao Ssŭ-sun 高似孫 (T. 續古). 12th cent. A.D. A poet and miscellaneous writer, who graduated as chin shih in 1184. Author of the 維畧, an investigation into various points recorded in history, and also of a collection of writings entitled 疎寮集. To him is due the honour of being the first critic to expose the claims of the spurious work which still passes under the name of Lieh Tzŭ.

  Kao T'ang 高堂. 3rd and 2nd cent. B.C. A scholar of the Han dynasty, famous for the assistance he gave towards restoring the text of the Canon of Rites subsequent to the "burning of the books" by the First Emperor. His work on the subject was known as the 士禮.

 Kao Ti. See (Han) '; (Ch'i) '.

 Kao Tsu. See (Han) '; (Sui) '; (T'ang) '; (L. Chin) '; (L. Han) .

 Kao Tsung. See (Sung) '; (T'ang) '.

  Kao Yang 高洋 (T. 子進). Died A.D. 559. Son of Kao Huan, and first Emperor of the Northern Ch'i dynasty which he established in 550 (see ). He was a cruel debauchee, but ruled with a firm hand. He was succeeded by his son 殷 Yin, known in history as 廢帝, who was deposed by the Empress Dowager after a reign of eight months. Canonised as 顯祖文皇帝.

  Kao Yao 皋陶 (T. 庭堅). Died B.C. 2204. A famous Minister under the Emperor Shun, said to have been the first to introduce laws for the repression of crime. Also known as 咎繇. <section end="Kao Yao" />