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Gongsun Gui was a general and Advisor of Liang.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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Death
BC 148 捕公孫詭、羊勝
forced suicide 自殺
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 58House of Prince Xiao of Liang · 7 passages
莫不畢至，齊人羊勝、公孫詭、鄒陽之屬。
All of them flocked to his court — men of Qi such as Yang Sheng, Gongsun Gui, and Zou Yang.
公孫詭多奇邪計，初見王，賜千金，官至中尉，梁號之曰公孫將軍，梁多作兵器弩弓矛數十萬，而府庫金錢且百巨萬，珠玉寶器多於京師。
Gongsun Gui was a man of many cunning and unorthodox schemes. At his first audience with the king, he was granted a thousand catties of gold, and his rank rose to Commandant of the Capital. In Liang, he was known as General Gongsun. The kingdom manufactured hundreds of thousands of weapons — crossbows, bows, and spears — while its treasury held nearly a hundred million in gold and cash, and its pearls, jade, and precious objects exceeded those of the imperial capital.
梁王怨袁盎及議臣，乃與羊勝、公孫詭之屬陰使人刺殺袁盎及他議臣十餘人。
The King of Liang harbored a deep grudge against Yuan Ang and the other ministers who had spoken against him. Together with Yang Sheng, Gongsun Gui, and their associates, he secretly dispatched assassins who murdered Yuan Ang and more than ten of the other ministers who had advised against the succession.
乃遣使冠蓋相望於道，覆按梁，捕公孫詭、羊勝。
He dispatched envoys in such numbers that their carriages stretched in an unbroken line along the road, to investigate Liang and arrest Gongsun Gui and Yang Sheng.
公孫詭、羊勝匿王後宮。
Gongsun Gui and Yang Sheng hid within the king's inner palace.
使者責二千石急，梁相軒丘豹及內史韓安國進諫王，王乃令勝、詭皆自殺，出之。
The imperial envoys pressed Liang's senior officials relentlessly. The Chancellor of Liang, Xuanqiu Bao, and the Chamberlain Han Anguo went before the king to remonstrate. At last the king ordered Yang Sheng and Gongsun Gui to take their own lives, and their bodies were handed over.
造為之者，獨其幸臣羊勝、公孫詭之屬為之耳。
The conspirators were solely his favored ministers Yang Sheng, Gongsun Gui, and their associates.