Ancient China · Dialectician and adviser to Lord Pingyuan

Gongsun Long 公孫龍

Gōngsūn Lóng

Attested BC 251

Passages
4
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Gongsun Long as a philosopher. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Gongsun Long 公孫龍 Gōngsūn Lóng
Personal name Gongsun Long 公孫龍 Gōngsūn Lóng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Philosopher

Life and dates

Attested activity

Learning and skills

  • Skill: hard-and-white dialectic / 堅白之辯 · Level: skilled
    Explicit · shiji:076:s0097

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 76Biographies of Lord Pingyuan and Yu Qing · 4 passages