Gao You

[3] Lu was known for his work with texts concerning Chinese rituals and for his assistance in compiling the History of the Eastern Han (t 東觀漢記, s 东观汉记, Dōngguān Hànjì).

[1] His other students included Liu Bei, the future king of Shu, and Gongsun Zan, another regional warlord of the era.

[5] Gao was working in Xuchang in the Capital Construction Office in AD 205 when he received his first post as magistrate of Puyang in the Eastern Commandery (t 東郡, s 东郡, Dōngjùn).

Gao wrote commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals ordered by Lü Buwei;[3] the Classics of Filial Piety[8] and of Mountains and Seas;[9] the Huainanzi;[3][1] The Strategies of the Warring States;[3][1][10] Discourse Weighed in the Balance;[9] and the collected works of the philosopher Mencius.

[17] Gao's commentaries on the Huainanzi and Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals include numerous asides on the pronunciation of certain characters, particularly in his local dialect.

[18] Gao's note that his copy of Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, which he considered in "poor condition", consisted of 173,054 characters is significant to scholarship concerning that text, since it makes his edition about a third longer than any currently existing.