Kong Guang (孔光) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Kong Guang as an official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 21 passages from 11 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Kong Guang	孔光	Kong Guang
Title	Chief Chancellor Kong Guang	丞相孔光
Title	Commandant of Justice Kong Guang	廷尉孔光	Tingwei Kong Guang
Given	Guang	光	Guang
Title	Imperial Counselor Kong Guang	御史大夫孔光
Surname	Kong	孔	Kong
Personal	Kong Guang	孔光	Kǒng Guāng
Personal name	Kong Guang	孔光	Kǒng Guāng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:011:s0288, hanshu:026:s0334
Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:088:s0249, hanshu:091:s0188, hanshu:105:s0219, songshu:058:s0086
Value: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:012:s0039
Value: male
Explicit · hanshu:093:s0065, houhanshu:028:s0007

Roles

Official
Scholar
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元壽二年 · Western Year: BC 1
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:012:s0130
Source Date: Text: 卓茂仕西漢之初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 33 · End: AD 5
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:028:s0007
Source Date: Text: 哀帝即位 · Western Year: BC 7
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:026:s0327, hanshu:026:s0334
Source Date: Text: 哀帝時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 7 · End: BC 1
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:093:s0065
Source Date: Text: 成帝之世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 33 · End: BC 7
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:091:s0188
Source Date: Text: 漢世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 65 · End: AD 5
Strongly inferred · songshu:058:s0086
Source Date: Text: 綏和二年 · Western Year: BC 7
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:012:s0039

Career and standing

Label: Grand Minister over the Masses / 大司徒 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元壽二年五月 · Western Year: BC 1
Explicit · hanshu:012:s0130
Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 綏和二年 · Western Year: BC 7
Explicit · hanshu:012:s0039
Label: chancellor / 丞相 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:093:s0065
Label: Chief Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:026:s0334
Label: Imperial Counselor / 御史大夫 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0188
chancellor / 丞相
Explicit · hanshu:094:s0146
Name: chancellor / 丞相
Explicit · hanshu:094:s0298, hanshu:094:s0300
Name: Chancellor / 丞相
Explicit · hanshu:038:s0186
丞相
Explicit · hanshu:105:s0219
大司徒
Explicit · hanshu:105:s0254
大司徒
Explicit · hanshu:088:s0249
御史大夫
Explicit · hanshu:105:s0219
Office: Commandant of Justice / 廷尉
Explicit · hanshu:011:s0288
Action: increased · Households: 1000 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 綏和二年 · Western Year: BC 7
Explicit · hanshu:012:s0039
Result: reduced to commoner
Explicit · hanshu:094:s0302

Places and affiliations

Polity: Western Han · Relation: served
Explicit · hanshu:026:s0334

Works and attributed material

Kind: counsel · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Emperor Xiaocheng (孝成皇帝)
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0188
Kind: memorial · Role: author · Other Person Id: Emperor Ai (哀)
Explicit · hanshu:026:s0334, hanshu:026:s0335, hanshu:026:s0336, hanshu:026:s0337

Events and relationships

Kind: succession-debate · Role: advocate · Action: supported-Xing · Other Person Id: Zhongshan King Xing (中山王興)
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0188

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: regarded Zhuo Mao as a man of mature virtue · Target Person Id: Zhuo Mao (卓茂) · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Source Person Id: Kong Guang (孔光)
Explicit · houhanshu:028:s0007