Fan Gao was the nephew of Fan Qian, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, and had been an orphan since he was a child, and Fan Gao treated him like his own son, allowing him to concentrate his main energy on making a fuss. His writings were difficult to understand, and later young people followed suit. With Fan Qian's official position, he was given the title of Taimiao Qilang (太寺齐郎), and was twice promoted to the rank of Guozi Simen Doctor.. If there is no relationship with Fan Qian, I am afraid that he will not be able to do anything. Because he was a poor student, and he often suffered from infantile diseases.
Fan Gao was a little careful with his own eyes, wanted to be an official through the recommendation of others, and also wanted to go through the back door through the main examiner, so he handed over his article to Tao Gu and Bao Yi to read, they all greatly appreciated it, and said: "If you are admitted to the military, you will definitely be put on a high level." However, when it came to the autumn examination, someone wrote to say that the Gaomen Clan should not compete with the Han Shi for the first grade, and Fan Gao did not go to the exam. Originally, he wanted the examiner to give himself a good impression, but it backfired, the opportunity was not coincidental, and he could not take the exam due to identity restrictions. At that time, he was still a poor student, and his family was not rich.
The imperial court promoted him to the post of Shushiro and left Beijing to serve as Xu and Deng Erzhou, but was dismissed from office because of his crimes. In the early years of the Taiping Dynasty, the imperial court promoted him to the position of Shu lang and zhi embassy, and successively served as the right picker and the left filler. In the second year of Yongxi, Tongzhi Gongju. His official position is not prominent, nor is he in a power department with a lot of words, but an official position that people talk lightly. He was not satisfied, and wrote to state that his talents could be compared with Dongfang Shuo, and asked the imperial court to let him hold a prominent official position to observe the effect. Emperor Taizong of Song felt that he had great ambitions and promoted him to the position of Zhizhi Zhen.
In order to pursue fame and fortune, he often "drew from the rich", and he had no friends, his family was poor, and he was partial to listening and believing, so that he committed childish diseases and made mistakes. He once borrowed millions of dollars from others, and his brother Fan Xi served as a young man in Xingyuan Province, with a wealth worth tens of thousands, but he was stingy in temperament and never lent him money. Fan Xi lived in Jingzhao and did not lend money to others, and his reputation was not good. Some relatives and friends came from Chang'an and deceived Fan Gao, saying: "Shao Yin is no longer stingy with finances, and the money he squandered can no longer be calculated." Fan Gao maintained the narrow and shallow social outlook of Shusheng, and immediately believed it to be true, thinking that he could rely on his brother, so he told Song Taizong that the elder brother in the family was older, and asked the supervisor Jing Zhao, in order to raise the elder brother. Emperor Taizong of Song complied with his request, dispensed with his knowledge and renamed him Gongbu Langzhong (工部郎中). Fan Gao was happy to arrive at Jingzhao, but found that Fan Xi was still as stingy as in the past, and often asked the government for something illegal. Fan Gao was very regretful, he had served in Jingzhao for more than a year, he did not govern the jurisdiction well, and just in time for the thief Liu Wo to rob the subordinate county, the officials and soldiers scattered and fled, which frightened Fan Gao to a serious illness.
Fan Gao, who originally had no political ability, preferred the high-ranking official Houlu, but he was not good at interacting, committed childish diseases, and threw away a knowledge system, and langzhong could not do a good job in the work department.
But he still had a relentless pursuit of the high-ranking official Houlu, so that even the emperor thought he was a little too utilitarian. The imperial court transferred him to Shouzhou renzhi prefecture, and he said to the imperial court: "My family has been a historical official for generations, and I am willing to write a straight book and repair the imperial ceremony." Emperor Taizong of Song made him a historian, and he insisted on asking to be in charge of the edict, and Song Taizong approved him again. However, he still did not give up, and continuously sent letters to the Xiangfu, asking for a bachelor's degree, and said to Li Fang, the chancellor at the time: "The first prince once gave me a collection of edicts, saying that my talents could assume this position. And took it out for Li Fang to see, and Li Fang repeatedly persuaded him not to be a bachelor. Soon, Emperor Taizong of Song wrote the "Jade Hall" plaque in Feibai and gave it to the Hanlin Academy, and Fan Gao took the opportunity to enter the "Record of the Jade Hall" and requested to be appointed to an official position. Emperor Taizong of Song, disgusted by his eagerness to make quick gains, renamed him the Right Counselor and The Governor of Haozhou, and recalled him to the imperial court as a historian. That is to say, even Emperor Taizong of Song hated his face of seeking fame and fame, and although he was made a right counselor and a governor of Haozhou, with a certain degree of local official power, he was soon recalled to the imperial court, and with his literary talent, he could only be a historian.
At the beginning, the canonical documents of the Taizu Dynasty were not yet complete, and Emperor Taizong of Song summoned Fan Gao. When Fan Gao heard this news, he committed the infantile illness of Shusheng and was extremely happy, thinking that the imperial court would vigorously promote himself, so he rushed back to the capital day and night. When he arrived in Songzhou, he met Qian Xi, who was sentenced to Langzhou. Fan Gao asked Qian Xi, "The imperial court has discussed what official position I will be appointed?" Qian Xi said, "Just re-edit the Records of Taizu." After Fan Gao listened, he was disappointed, did not speak for a long time, was deeply shocked, fell ill, and died a month after arriving at the Beijing Division, only fifty-six years old when he died.
He was not a seedling of an official, nor was he good at accumulating wealth like his brother, and the family was poor and often could not make ends meet. He has a hypocritical personality, and when interacting with people, he often has a set of backs in person, praises behind his face, and criticizes him, but he is friendly with Liu Kai and respects each other, and there is always no gap. He was not good at running a livelihood, and his family became poorer and poorer. Sometimes Fan Gao sat at home all day, not knowing what way to get rid of poverty. At that time, he was still an official, but he did not know how to loot wealth, so childish that he became a joke for people.
A poor and sour scholar, a little literate, but inconsistent in his dealings with people, and credulous in others; not good at management, poor in his family; not good at being an official, and repeatedly having accidents in office; born with a timid and fearful temper, he was frightened and sick when he encountered thieves, and when he was not used by the imperial court, he would also get sick; just by virtue of the influence of fan quality, he sought merit and fame, and he did not tire of going to the court to seek official duties, but he could not bear the big responsibility, and finally, he made the emperor disgusted with his haste for quick success and quick profit. He did commit childish diseases in terms of being a person, interacting, officialdom, and doing things, and he did not have the ability to cultivate Qi Zhiping at all, but he boasted of himself so much that he flew high and fell heavily, and finally died in disappointment.
A student like Fan Gao, who has committed a childish illness, really has no place to live, and there is no soil for officialdom and real survival, so that future generations have actually extinct...