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Tao Gu
Scholar-official from Xinping in Binzhou who served the Later Jin, Later Han and Later Zhou, became Minister of Rites under the Song, and is named as author of the Qingyi Lu.
In the courtyard of a district government hall, a line of petitioners waits before a raised bench with a long table and document boxes; a blue umbrella stands beside it, a large drum stands at the gate where a few people wait, and a lake with sailboats lies beyond.
Also known as Zi Xiushi · Original surname Tang
Tao Gu (903–970), courtesy name Xiushi, came from Xinping in Binzhou. He was born with the surname Tang and changed it to Tao to avoid the personal name of the founder of the Later Jin. He served as a collator and drafting official under the Later Jin, as a palace attendant under the Later Han, and as a vice minister and Hanlin scholar under the Later Zhou. Early in the Song he became Minister of Rites and kept his post as head of the Hanlin scholars; in the second Qiande year he oversaw the selection of officials and the civil examinations. He died in the third Kaibao year (970) and was posthumously granted the title Right Vice Director. The Qingyi Lu and the Chuanming Lu are traditionally named as his works.
Life and times
- 903Born
Tang
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
Song - 970Died