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Deng Gong 鄧公

Attested BC 154 - BC 135

Passages: 13
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

The translated histories identify Deng Gong as a general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 13 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Deng Gong	鄧公	Deng Gong
Title	chamberlain for attendants	謁者僕射	Yèzhě Púyè
Surname	Deng	鄧	Dèng
Personal	Deng Gong	鄧公	Dèng Gōng
Personal name	Deng Gong	鄧公	Dèng Gōng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Value: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:101:s0183

Roles

General
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 吳楚反時 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:101:s0183
Source Date: Text: 建元中 · Western Interval: Start: BC 140 · End: BC 135
Explicit · shiji:101:s0194

Family

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Parent of Deng Zhang (鄧章)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

Label: Commandant of Chengyang / 城陽中尉 · Action: appointed
Explicit · shiji:101:s0192
Label: one of the Nine Ministers / 九卿 · Action: appointed
Explicit · shiji:101:s0194
Label: Chief Receptionist / 謁者仆射 · Action: held
Explicit · shiji:101:s0183
Label: Colonel / 校尉 · Action: held
Explicit · shiji:101:s0183
Office: commandant of the capital for Chengyang / 城陽中尉
Explicit · hanshu:058:s0449
Office: one of the nine ministers / 九卿
Explicit · hanshu:058:s0452

Places and affiliations

Place: Chenggu / 成固
Explicit · hanshu:058:s0450, shiji:101:s0193

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Emperor Jing (景帝)
Explicit · shiji:101:s0186, shiji:101:s0187, shiji:101:s0189, shiji:101:s0190

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 58Volume 49: Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo · 7 passages

錯已死，謁者僕射鄧公為校尉，擊吳、楚為將。 When Chao Cuo was dead, Deng Gong—grand usher—was serving as a colonel against Wu and Chu.

鄧公曰：「吳為反數十歲矣，發怒削地，以誅錯為名，其意不在錯也。 Deng Gong said, "Wu has nursed rebellion for decades; losing counties enraged them, but Chao Cuo's death was never their true aim.

鄧公曰：「夫晁錯患諸侯強大不可制，故請削之，以尊京師，萬世之利也。 Deng Gong said, "Chao Cuo pared the kingdoms because they threatened the capital—that was a policy for the ages;

乃拜鄧公為城陽中尉。 He named Deng Gong metropolitan commandant of Chengyang.

鄧公，成固人也，多奇計。 Deng Gong came from Chenggu and was full of stratagems.

建元年中，上招賢良，公卿言鄧先。 When Emperor Wu called for Worthy and Good men in the Jianyuan era, the high ministers recommended Deng Gong first.

鄧先時免，起家為九卿。 Deng Gong had previously been dismissed, but he was now called from private life to serve as one of the Nine Ministers.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 101Biographies of Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo · 6 passages

鼂錯已死，謁者仆射鄧公為校尉，擊吳楚軍為將。 After Chao Cuo was dead, Deng Gong, the Chief Receptionist, served as a Colonel and led troops against the Wu and Chu armies.

鄧公曰：「吳王為反數十年矣，發怒削地，以誅錯為名，其意非在錯也。 Deng Gong replied, 'The King of Wu has been plotting rebellion for decades. He exploded in fury over the reduction of his territory and used the execution of Cuo as his pretext. His true aim was never about Cuo.

鄧公曰：「夫鼂錯患諸侯彊大不可制，故請削地以尊京師，萬世之利也。 Deng Gong said, 'Chao Cuo saw that the feudal lords had grown too powerful to control, and so he proposed reducing their territories to strengthen the capital. This was a policy to benefit ten thousand generations.

乃拜鄧公為城陽中尉。 Deng Gong was then appointed Commandant of Chengyang.

鄧公，成固人也，多奇計。 Deng Gong was a native of Chenggu, known for his many brilliant stratagems.

建元中，上招賢良，公卿言鄧公，時鄧公免，起家為九卿。 During the Jianyuan period, when the Emperor sought worthy men, the senior officials recommended Deng Gong. At the time he was out of office, but he was recalled and appointed as one of the Nine Ministers.