Ancient China · Merchant

Kong

Kǒng

Attested BC 225

Passages
5
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Kong as an artisan, merchant, and named individual. This record brings together 5 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Kong Kǒng
Surname Kong Kǒng
Personal name Kong 孔氏 Kǒng shì

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Artisan
  • Merchant
  • Named Individual

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 秦滅魏,遷孔氏南陽 · Western Year: BC 225
    Explicit · hanshu:103:s0094

Family

  • Kinship Role: ancestors · Note: from Liang · Count: 2
    Explicit · hanshu:103:s0093

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: irregular-extravagant-usurping · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:103:s0129

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 102Volume 90: Cruel Officials · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 103Volume 91: Usurers · 4 passages