Ancient China · Ruler

Duke Gong of Cao 曹共公

Cao Gong Gong

Attested BC 637

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke Gong of Cao was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 637 晉公子重耳過曹
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 187

Career and standing

Duke Gong of Cao 曹共公
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 187

Places and affiliations

Polity Cao 曹 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 187

Assessments and attributes

Assessment failed-to-employ-Xi-Fu-Ji · With Xi Fu Ji (僖負羈) · Mode historian-judgment Source Person Id The Grand Historian (太史公)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 187

Source notes

men who rode in fine carriages 乘軒者三百人
Statement had three hundred men who rode in fine carriages · Quantity 300 · Mode historian-judgment Source Person Id The Grand Historian (太史公)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 187

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 35Houses of Guan and Cai · 1 passage

太史公曰：余尋曹共公之不用僖負羈，乃乘軒者三百人，知唯德之不建。 The Grand Historian says: I traced how Duke Gong of Cao failed to employ Xi Fu Ji, though he had three hundred men who rode in fine carriages, and I saw that virtue alone had not been established.