Kong Jing 孔靖

Other names

Family

• Child of Kong Yin (孔誾)
  father 父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 6
• Child of Mother of Kong Jing
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 8
• Parent of Kong Shanshi (孔山士)
  son 子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 39
• Descendant of Kong Yu (孔愉)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Kong Yin (孔誾)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 5

Career and standing

• Attendant-in-Ordinary of the Scattered Cavalry 散騎常侍
  Added
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 28
• Champion General 冠軍
  Added
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 22
• Grand Master of Splendid Happiness on the Left 左光祿大夫
  AD 418 to AD 420 宋臺初建 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 54, passage 33
• Palace Attendant 侍中
  AD 418 to AD 420 宋臺初建 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 54, passage 33
• Special Grand Master 特進
  AD 418 to AD 420 宋臺初建 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 54, passage 33
• Interior Governor of Kuaiji 會稽內史
  AD 404 定桓玄後 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 54, passage 15

Places and affiliations

• Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passages 7, 9, 15, 25
• Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passages 33, 35-36
• At Shanyin in Kuaiji 會稽山陰
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 3
• At Wuxing 吳興 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passages 22-23

Learning and skills

• Nominated
  Credential Filial and Incorrupt 孝廉
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 7

Works and attributed material

• Counsel · Speaker · With Gaozu (高祖) · Paraphrased · Summary Advised waiting until Huan Xuan's usurpation was fully exposed, then acting from Jingkou rather than Shanyin.
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 12
• Narrative · Subject · Paraphrased · Summary Silent-subject career continuation after courtesy-name establishment.
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passages 8, 20, 24, 26-29, 31, 33, 36-37

Events and relationships

• Advised delay and Jingkou strategy
  Political · Adviser · With Gaozu (高祖)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passages 12-13
• Comforted predecessor and delayed his move
  Administrative · Incoming governor · With Yu Xiaofu (虞嘯父)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 18
• Declined kaifu yitong sansi for years and never accepted
  AD 420 to AD 422 受命後 · Career · Honoree
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 35
• Declined while in mourning
  AD 401 隆安五年 · Appointment · Appointee
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 9
• Enforced practical governance and suppressed banditry
  Administrative · Governor · At Kuaiji 會稽
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 19
• Joined northern campaign and helped pacify Guanzhong and Luoyang
  AD 416 to AD 417 義熙十二年 · Military · Staff officer · With Gaozu (高祖) · At Guanzhong and Luoyang 關、洛
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passages 30-31

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment effective practical administrator who cleared the region of banditry · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 19
• Assessment praised in poems by the hundred officials at farewell · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 34

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 3
• Because his given name matched the taboo on Gaozu's grandfather's name, he was addressed by his courtesy name Jigong instead of his personal name.
  Related Person Ids Gaozu (高祖), Grandfather of Gaozu
  Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 4