Life

Gao Xiang served as General of the Right. He followed Liu Bei on the Hanzhong Campaign between 217 and 219. Gao Xiang and Chen Shi camped at Yangping but were defeated by Cao Cao's general Xu Huang. In 228, Gao Xiang followed Zhuge Liang on the Northern Expeditions, serving as a subordinate of Ma Su, and they stationed at Liucheng. When Ma Su was defeated and Liucheng fell to the enemy General Guo Huai, Gao Xiang retreated. In 231, Gao Xiang was appointed Front Commander (前部督), leading an army together with Wei Yan and Wu Ban, defeating the enemy commander Sima Yi. They collected 3,000 enemy heads, 5,000 suits of armour, and 3,100 crossbows. When the supply official Li Yan failed in his mission, Gao Xiang and Zhuge Liang proposed that Li be relieved of his duties. Gao Xiang maintained General of the Right until at least 233, when Fu Kuang succeeded Gao, it is unknown if the later simply died or retired from the army. Considering Yang Xi's Ji Han Fuchen Zan which oddly doesn't feature the former General of the Right Gao, it may be reasoned to assume he died after 241 as a civilian.

In Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Gao Xiang appears in Chapter 91 of the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms as a Center Army Right General, and he fills a minor role in the following chapters, being stationed near Liliu, he joins with Wei Yan and Wang Ping to retake Jieting. However they fail and Ma Su is executed by Zhuge Liang for the defeat.

Later Gao Xiang is involved in Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions. In chapter 102, he leads 500 men disguised as soldiers of Wei. Their purpose is to capture the wooden oxen that are part of the Wei convoy.

生平

建安二十三年（218年），隨劉備討伐漢中（今陝西省漢中市），高翔屯兵於陽平（今陝西省漢中市寧強縣），以確保糧草轉運，被徐晃擊破。但並沒有影響劉備軍的糧草轉運。

建興六年（228年），隨丞相諸葛亮北伐，屯兵柳城（在今甘肅省天水市張家川縣境內）。但其後馬謖在街亭之戰被擊破，柳城亦被郭淮攻破，高翔敗退。

建興九年（231年）五月，高翔為前部督，與魏延、吳班率軍大破魏國都督司馬懿，斬獲三千首級，繳獲玄鎧五千，角弩三千一百張。後李嚴延誤軍機（231年春天，第四次北伐），高翔和吳班等同諸葛亮共上表劉禪請廢之。

評價

• 曹叡：「王師方振，膽破氣奪，馬謖、高祥，望旗奔敗。」（《三國志·卷三·魏書三·明帝紀第三注引〈魏略〉》）

藝術形象

三國演義

形象較歷史上豐富許多，為蜀漢一員戰將。諸葛亮出師北伐，高翔以右將軍、玄都侯的身份跟隨出征。蜀漢老將趙雲中魏將姜維計，高翔和張翼率軍殺入，接應趙雲撤退。之後司馬懿率兵來攻，諸葛亮派遣高翔進駐列柳城，以在必要時救援鎮守街亭的馬謖。街亭戰況危急，高翔率兵救援，與王平、魏延合軍，欲先劫魏軍營寨，再去救援馬謖，不料中計，列柳城亦為魏軍所奪，唯有撤回陽平關。諸葛亮五出祁山，並造木牛流馬，以高翔引軍搬運糧草。諸葛亮引司馬懿入上方谷，又令高翔引兵用木牛流馬往來于上方谷內引誘魏軍，司馬懿中計，被蜀軍大敗。

動畫

• 三國演義

影視

• 中國中央電視台電視劇《三國演義》（1994年）：袁利堅

• 中國電視劇《三國》（2010年）：陳則

• 中國電視劇《大軍師司馬懿之軍師聯盟》（2017年）：宋濤

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