Song, Liao, and Jin · Aristocrat

Duke Who Continues the Sage 衍聖公

Yansheng Gong

Attested AD 1230 - AD 1260

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke Who Continues the Sage was an aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1230 to AD 1260 孔孫命名時
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 174, passage 194

Career and standing

Duke Who Continues the Sage 衍聖公
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 174, passage 194

Events and relationships

Gave name Kongsun
Naming · Name giver · With Zhang Kongsun (張孔孫)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 174, passage 194

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 174Volume 174 Biographies 61: Yao Sui, Guo Guan, Jia Guzhiqi, Liu Geng, Ye Luyoushang, Hao Tianting, Zhang Kongsun · 1 passage

父之純，為東平萬戶府參議，夜夢謁孔子廟，得賜嘉果，已而孔孫生，因丐名於衍聖公，遂名今名。 His father Zhichun served as deliberator of the Dongping Myriarch Office. One night he dreamed of visiting the Temple of Confucius and receiving fine fruit; when Kongsun was born shortly afterward, he asked the Duke Who Continues the Sage for a name, and received the name Kongsun.