Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Statesman, Official, and Calligrapher

Kong Linzhi 孔琳之

Kǒng Línzhī

Died AD 423

Passages
14
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Kong Linzhi as a calligrapher, musician, official, and scholar. This record brings together 14 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Found inBook of Song

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Kong Linzhi 孔琳之 Kǒng Línzhī
Courtesy Yanlin 彥琳 Yànlín

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Calligrapher
  • Musician
  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景平元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 423 · Age: 55
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0184

Age

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Kong Yin (孔廞)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Child of Mother of Kong Linzhi (孔琳之之母)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Kong Miao (孔邈)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Kong Qiong (孔璩之)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder

Career and standing

  • Label: Left Western Aide of the Minister of Works / 司徒左西掾 · Action: appointed after mourning, then resigned because his father retired
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0102
  • Labels: Chief Clerk to Emperor Gaozu's Pacify-the-North command / 平北長史, Chief Clerk to Emperor Gaozu's Campaign-the-West command / 征西長史, Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: appointed and promoted
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0145
  • Label: Libationer of the Western Pavilion / 西閣祭酒 · Action: appointed by Huan Xuan
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0049
  • Label: Administrator of Wuxing / 吳興太守 · Action: appointed then dismissed for official misconduct
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0147
  • Label: Imperial Censor / 禦史中丞 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永初二年 · Western Year: AD 421
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0148
  • Labels: Chief Clerk to the General Who Pacifies the West / 平西將軍長史, Attendant of the Prince of Langye as Grand Marshal / 大司馬琅邪王從事中郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 義熙六年 · Western Year: AD 410
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0144
  • Label: Chief Clerk under Sima Xiuzhi / 長史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0103
  • Label: Palace Attendant of the Song state / 宋國侍中 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0146
  • Labels: Grand Rectifier of his native province / 本州大中正, Minister of the Imperial Ancestral Temple / 祠部尚書 · Action: held and promoted
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0182
  • Labels: Chief Clerk of the Grand Marshal / 太尉主簿, Left Assistant of the Masters of Writing / 尚書左丞, Attendant Clerk of Yang Province / 揚州治中從事史 · Action: held with notable merit
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0105
  • Label: Commandery Chief Clerk / 郡主簿 · Action: offered and declined
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0048
  • Label: Gentleman of the Ministry of Personnel in the Masters of Writing / 尚書吏部郎 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0143
  • Label: Regular Attendant of his native state / 本國常侍 · Action: summoned
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0048
  • Label: Extraordinary Attendant of the Scattered Cavalry in the Chu regime / 楚臺員外散騎侍郎 · Action: transferred
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0100
  • Honor: Minister of Ceremonies / 太常 · Action: posthumously bestowed
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0185
  • Status: mourning for father · Action: left office
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0104
  • Status: mourning for mother · Action: left office
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0101
  • Status: household especially poor and plain · Cause: did not manage estates
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0183
  • Status: not favored by Huan Xuan because he would not bend to his wishes · Other Person Id: Huan Xuan (桓玄)
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0099

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Subjects: letters and learning / 文義, music theory / 音律
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0047
  • Skill: chess / 彈棋 · Level: capable
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0047
  • Skill: cursive and clerical calligraphy / 草隸 · Level: masterful
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0047

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: clear in statutes, upright in law, and yielding to no pressure · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0149
  • Assessment: forceful, upright, and resolute · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0047
  • Assessment: saw the end of the currency question but did not comprehend its root · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · songshu:056:s0211

References in the histories

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Book of Song, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 16: Xie Zhan, Kong Linzhi · 14 passages
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