Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Scholar

Kong Xiuyuan 孔休源

Died AD 532

Passages
25
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Kong Xiuyuan as an administrator, judge, official, and scholar. This record brings together 25 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Kong Xiuyuan 孔休源 Kong Xiuyuan
Surname Kong Kong
Title Kong the Sole Reciter 孔獨誦 Kong Ducsong
Personal name Kong Xiuyuan 孔休源 Kong Xiuyuan
Courtesy name Qingxu 慶緒 Qingxu
Posthumous name Viscount Zhen 貞子 Zhenzi
Given Xiuyuan 休源 Xiuyuan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Judge
  • Official
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Death

  • Date: Source Date: Text: 四年 · Note: 中大通四年 · Western Year: AD 532 · Age: Age: 64 · Reckoning: sui
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0042, liangshu:036:s0043

Age

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 四年 · Note: 中大通四年 · Western Year: AD 532
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0042, liangshu:036:s0043
  • Source Date: Text: 中大通二年 · Western Year: AD 530
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0175
  • Source Date: Text: 建武四年 · Western Year: AD 497
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0009
  • Source Date: Text: 普通七年 · Western Year: AD 526
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0170
  • Source Date: Text: 梁臺建 · Western Year: AD 502
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0012

Family

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  • Child of Yaozhi (遙之)
    Kinship Term: great-grandfather / 曾祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: great-grandson · Object Role: great-grandfather · Generation Distance: 3 · Line: paternal
  • Descendant of Chongzhi (沖之)
    Kinship Term: eighth-generation descendant / 八世孫 · Generation Distance: 8 · Line: paternal
  • Kin of Kong Deng (孔登)
    Kinship Term: clansman / 宗人
  • Parent of Kong Yuntong (孔雲童)
    Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Subject Birth Order: 1
  • Child of Pei (珮)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Parent of Kong Zonggui (孔宗軌)
    Kinship Term: youngest son / 少子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: Acting Director of Ritual / 兼尚書儀曹郎中 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0021
  • Label: Acting Magistrate of Danyang / 行丹陽尹事 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0029
  • Label: Adjunct in Prince of Linchuan's household / 臨川王府行參軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0017
  • Label: Bright Might General / 明威將軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0037
  • Label: Chamberlain of the Imperial Treasury / 太府卿 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0169
  • Label: Chief of household of Prince of Jin'an; Administrator of Nan; directing Jingzhou / 宣惠晉安王府長史、南郡太守、行荊州府州事 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0030
  • Label: Chief of Prince of Shixing's household; Nan administrator / 憺府長史,南郡太守、行府州事 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0034
  • Label: Corrector of Jiankang Prison / 建康獄正 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0024
  • Label: Director of the Secretariat / 秘書監 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0037
  • Label: Grand Master for Splendid Happiness with Gold Seal and Purple Ribbon / 金紫光祿大夫 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 中大通二年 · Western Year: AD 530
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0175
  • Label: Household Attendant to the Crown Prince / 太子中庶子 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0169
  • Label: Junior Director of the Treasury / 少府卿 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0029
  • Label: Left Assistant Director of the Masters of Writing / 尚書左丞 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0026
  • Label: Master of the Imperial Academy / 太學博士 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0012
  • Label: Minister of Justice / 都官尚書 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0169
  • Label: Palace Secretary / 中書舍人 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0026
  • Label: Regular Attendant of the Scattered Cavalry / 通直散騎常侍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0037
  • Label: Senior Concurrent Censor / 長兼御史中丞 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0028
  • Label: Supervising Gentleman of the Yellow Gate / 給事黃門侍郎 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0028
  • Label: Western Pavilion scholar / 西邸學士 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0011
  • Label: Xuanhui General and supervisor of Yangzhou / 宣惠將軍、監揚州 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 普通七年 · Western Year: AD 526
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0170, liangshu:036:s0172
  • Label: posthumous Regular Attendant and Grand Master / 贈散騎常侍、金紫光祿大夫 · Action: bestowed
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0053

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Credential: xiucai / 秀才 · Action: nominated
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0009

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

Source notes

  • Statement: collected more than seven thousand books and collated them himself
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0068

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 36Volume 36: Kong Xiuyuan; Jiang Ge · 25 passages