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Gao Taiyun

Type Figure Region China Time c. 1060–1119 Also known as Gao Taiyun (Gao Taiyun)

Gao Taiyun (birth year unknown, died c. 1119), of the Bai people, was a Dali Kingdom power-holder of the Gao clan, son of Gao Shengtai and younger br…

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  1. 1096–1103Tengchong Prefecture · TengchongOn his deathbed Gao Shengtai ordered power returned to the Duan clan; Gao Taiyun and his elder brother Gao Taiming enthroned Duan Zhengchun as emperor, and Gao Taiyun was appointed garrison lord of Tengchong Prefecture with the title Hei Yanxi, holding power in the Tengchong area of western Yunnan as one of the Gao clan's fiefdoms.
  2. 1103Song capital · KaifengGao Taiyun was ordered on a mission to the Song dynasty, obtaining 69 collections of classics and 62 works on medicine, reflecting cultural exchange between Dali and the Northern Song and showing the Gao clan's important diplomatic role.
  3. 1116–1119Yangjumi City · DaliIn 1116 Gao Taiming died and Gao Taiyun briefly succeeded him as chancellor of Dali. During this period the 37 tribes of eastern Yunnan repeatedly rebelled and conflicts arose within the Gao clan; in 1119 he sent wooden tallies to Song frontier generals seeking envoys, but was soon displaced as chancellor by Gao Mingshun. After him Gao Mingshun and Gao Shunzhen successively ruled, and the Gao regency continued into the Jiayong and Baotian eras of Duan Zhengyan.

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