Jiao Ge

Jiao Ge was an official for Di Xin during the Late Shang period. Little is known about him outside of the Chinese classics.

In traditional historiography Jiao Ge is recorded in the Bamboo Annals as being sent by Di Xin to Predynastic Zhou to collect jade during the 40th year of his reign . Han Fei claims that the Zhou refused to give Jiao Ge the tablet, but upon Di Xin sending Fei Zhong instead, it was provided. Han Fei concludes that Fei Zhong was seen as a more suitable individual to develop ties with in the interests of eroding the moral faculty of the Shang dynasty. Mencius claims that he dealt in fish and salt in his dialogue with Gaozi, something echoed in later works such as the Book of the Later Han.

Mencius devotes particular time to Jiao Ge in his eponymous book, believing that he was of ample ability, and, along with Bi Gan and Jizi, managed to preserve the Shang state for a considerably longer period than what he would deem possible.