Overview
The translated histories identify Kong Xiu as an official and scholar. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Kong Xiu | 孔休 | Kǒng Xiū |
| Courtesy | Ziquan | 子泉 | Zǐquán |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Value: maleExplicit · houhanshu:028:s0305
Roles
- Official
- Scholar
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 哀帝初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 7 · End: BC 5Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:028:s0306
- Source Date: Text: 王莽篡位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:028:s0307, houhanshu:028:s0308
Family
- Kinship Role: descendants · Quantity: unknown countExplicit · houhanshu:028:s0309
Career and standing
- Label: magistrate of Xindu / 新都令 · Action: acting · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 哀帝初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 7 · End: BC 5Explicit · houhanshu:028:s0306
- Explicit · houhanshu:028:s0308
- Status: resigned and returned home when Wang Mang seized power · Action: enteredExplicit · houhanshu:028:s0307
- Status: refused office under Wang Mang and was renowned · Negated Office Service: trueExplicit · houhanshu:028:s0305
Events and relationships
- Kind: political-withdrawal · Role: recluse · Action: feigned illness, shut his gate, and cut himself offExplicit · houhanshu:028:s0308
- Relation: like-minded-associate · Group Person Ids: Zhuo Mao (卓茂), Cai Xun (蔡勛), Liu Xuan (劉宣), Gong Sheng (龔勝), Bao Xuan (鮑宣)Explicit · houhanshu:028:s0305
References in the histories
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