Song, Liao, and Jin · Eunuch

Gong Chengsu 龔澄樞

Attested AD 958 - AD 971

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gong Chengsu was an eunuch.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 958 to AD 971 大寶至國亡
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passages 188, 209

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65: Hereditary House of Southern Han · 4 passages

許彥真既殺鐘允章，惡龔澄樞等居己上，謀殺之。 Xu Yanzhen, having killed Zhong Yunzhang, hated Gong Chengsu and the rest for ranking above him and plotted to kill them.

澄樞使人告彥真反，族誅之。 Chengsu had men report that Yanzhen had rebelled, and his clan was executed.

鋹遣龔澄樞守賀州、郭崇嶽守桂州、李托守韶州以備。 Chang sent Gong Chengsu to defend Hezhou, Guo Chongyue to defend Guizhou, and Li Tuo to defend Shaozhou in preparation.

龔澄樞、李托等謀曰：「北師之來，利吾國寶貨爾，焚為空城，師不能駐，當自還也。」 Gong Chengsu, Li Tuo, and the rest plotted, "The northern army has come only for the treasures of our state. Burn everything into an empty city and the army cannot stay — it will return on its own."