Gong Chengshu (龔澄樞)

Overview

Gong Chengshu was an eunuch.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 958 to AD 971 委政宦官龔澄樞
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 18

Career and standing

eunuch 宦官
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 18

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 18

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 481Volume 481 Biographies 240: Hereditary Houses 4: Southern Han and Liu Clans Liu Chang (Gong Chengshu, Li Tuo, Xue Chongyu, Pan Chongche) · 2 passages

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性昏懦，委政宦官龔澄樞及才人盧瓊仙，每詳覽可否，皆瓊仙指之。 He was dull and timid by nature and left government to the eunuch Gong Chengshu and the talented concubine Lu Qiongxian; whenever he weighed what might be done, Qiongxian's finger decided it.

嘗雲瓊仙、澄樞、延壽皆玉皇遣輔太子皇帝，有過不得治。 She once declared that Qiongxian, Chengshu, and Yanshou had all been sent by the Jade Emperor to assist the Crown Prince Emperor and that he must not punish them even if they erred.