Qin and Han · Administrator and Scholar

Kong Rong 孔融

Attested AD 153 - AD 208

Passages
4
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Kong Rong as an administrator, official, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Kong Rong 孔融 Kong Rong
Personal name Kong Rong 孔融 Kong Rong
Personal Kong Rong 孔融
Personal name Kong Rong 孔融
Alternate Kong Wenju 孔文舉
Courtesy Wenju 文舉
Courtesy name Wenju 文舉 Wénjǔ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 漢末 · Western Year: AD 208
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:089:s0128
  • Western Interval: Start: AD 153 · End: AD 208 · Source Date: Text: 諸葛孔明云:「來敏亂郡,過於孔文
    Explicit · songshu:062:s0112
  • Source Date: Text: 郡相孔融嘲儀 · Western Interval: Start: AD 190 · End: AD 208
    Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:062:s0003

Career and standing

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 62Volume 62: Book of Wu 17: Biographies of Shi Yi and Hu Zong · 2 passages
Book of Song, Chapter 62Volume 62 Biographies 22: Yang Xin, Zhang Fu, Wang Wei · 1 passage
Book of Song, Chapter 89Volume 89 Biographies 49: Yuan Can · 1 passage