Overview
The translated histories identify Gong Yu as an official and scholar. This record brings together 12 passages from 8 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Gong Yu | 貢禹 | Gong Yu |
| Title | Gong Gong | 貢公 | |
| Personal | Gong Yu | 貢禹 | Gòng Yǔ |
| Personal | Gong Yu | 貢公 | Gong Yu |
| Personal name | Gong Yu | 貢禹 | Gong Yu |
| Title | Lord Gong | 貢公 | Gong Gong |
| Personal | Yu | 禹 | Yu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · hanshu:010:s0117, hanshu:082:s0216
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:105:s0112
Roles
- Official
- Scholar
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 初元五年冬十二月丁未 · Western Year: BC 44Explicit · hanshu:010:s0117
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元帝時 · Western Year: BC 44Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:025:s0108
- Source Date: Text: 初元五年 · Western Year: BC 44Explicit · hanshu:082:s0216, hanshu:082:s0121
- Source Date: Text: 初元五年冬十二月丁未 · Western Year: BC 44Explicit · hanshu:010:s0117
- Source Date: Text: 貢公 · Western Interval: Start: BC 48 · End: BC 33Explicit · liangshu:014:s0200
Career and standing
- Office: Commandant of the Imperial Counselors / 御史大夫 · Action: appointedExplicit · hanshu:082:s0216, hanshu:082:s0121
- Label: Imperial Secretary Grandee / 御史大夫 · Action: heldExplicit · hanshu:010:s0117
- Title: grandee remonstrantExplicit · hanshu:105:s0112
- Title: imperial counsellorExplicit · hanshu:105:s0113
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Han · Relation: official-ofExplicit · hanshu:082:s0216
- Polity: HanExplicit · hanshu:027:s0276
- Text: LangyeExplicit · hanshu:105:s0112
Works and attributed material
- Kind: policy advice · Role: advisor · Addressee Person Id: Emperor Yuan of Han (元帝) · Outcome: jiaodi abolishedExplicit · hanshu:025:s0108
References in the histories
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