[ Son of Ji Kang. Nominated to office after his father’s death by Shan Tao.
Officer Details
Wade-Giles: Chi Shao
Simplified Chinese: 嵇绍
Other Names: Xi Shao
Name Notes: Sometimes translated incorrectly as Xi Shao.
Family and Relationships
Ji Kang (Father)
Biography
Ji Shao (aka Xi Shao) was the son of Ji Kang, one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. Twenty years after the death of his father he was nominated by Shan Tao, another of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, to official post as a means of livelihood out of memory of his friendship with Ji Kang.