Overview
The translated histories identify Gonggong as a named individual, official, rebel, and ruler. This record brings together 9 passages from 7 chapters across 6 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Gonggong | 共工氏 | Gonggong |
| Personal name | Gong | 共 | Gong |
| Personal | Gong Gong | 共工 | Gong Gong |
| Personal | Gong Gong | 共工 | |
| Personal | Gonggong | 共工氏 | Gonggong shi |
| Personal | Gonggong | 共工 | Gonggong |
| Personal name | Gonggong | 共工 | Gònggōng |
| Alternate name | Gonggong | 共工 | |
| Clan or house | Gonggong clan | 共工氏 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:110:s0065, shiji:025:s0009
- Sex: maleExplicit · sanguozhi:062:s0062
Roles
- Named Individual
- Official
- Rebel
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquity
Family
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- Parent of Goulong (句龙)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Action: exiled · Authority Context: Yao-Shun governmentExplicit · hanshu:025:s0021
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: opponent · Action: fought · Other Person Id: Emperor Zhuanxu Gaoyang (顓頊帝高陽氏)Explicit · shiji:025:s0009
- Explicit · hanshu:025:s0020
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: embodiment of gathered wickedness · Provenance: Mode: quoted-source · Speaker Person Id: Liu Jun (劉峻)Explicit · liangshu:014:s0244
Source notes
- Historicity: legendary
References in the histories
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