Kong Xiuzhi (孔琇之)

Overview

The translated histories identify Kong Xiuzhi as an official. This record brings together 8 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Kong Xiuzhi	孔琇之	Kǒng Xiùzhī

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0002, nanqishu:055:s0131

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 隆昌元年 · Western Year: AD 494 · Manner: died before assuming final appointment
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:053:s0245, nanqishu:053:s0247

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 永明十一年 · Regnal Year: 11 · Western Year: AD 493
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:055:s0131
Source Date: Text: 永明至隆昌元年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 494
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0002

Family

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Descendant of Kong Jigong (孔季恭)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Kong Lingyun (孔靈運)
Child of Kong Lingyun (孔靈運)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

Action: appointed on return · Appointments: Regular Attendant-in-Ordinary / 正員常侍, Director for the Left People in the Masters of Writing / 左民尚書, Minister of Justice / 廷尉卿
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0219
Action: appointed, first post not assumed · Appointments: Chief Clerk to the Forward Army of the Prince of Wuling / 武陵王前軍長史, General Who Supports the State / 輔國將軍, Overseer of Wuxing Commandery / 監吳興郡, Grand Administrator of Wuxing / 吳興太守
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0221
Action: appointed · Appointments: Acting Adjutant of the Guard Army / 衞軍行參軍, Staff Gentleman Outside the Office / 員外郎, Director in the Three Dukes Office / 尚書三公郎
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0210
Action: appointed · Appointments: Magistrate of Wucheng / 烏程令
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0211
Label: Commandery Administrator / 太守 · Action: held
Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0131
Action: promoted and appointed · Appointments: Regular Emergent Attendant / 通直郎, Magistrate of Wu / 吳令
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0212
Action: promoted and retained · Appointments: General of Valiant Cavalry / 驍騎將軍, Minister of the Palace Supplies / 少府
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0217
Action: promoted · Appointments: Left Assistant Director in the Masters of Writing / 尚書左丞
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0215
Action: sent out · Appointments: General Who Pacifies the North / 寧朔將軍, Chief Clerk to the Champion Who Conquers the Barbarians under the High Ancestor / 高宗冠軍征虜長史, Interior Minister of Jiangxia / 江夏內史
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0218
Action: sent out · Appointments: Grand Administrator of Linhai / 臨海太守
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0220
Action: transferred · Appointments: General of the Forward Army / 前軍將軍, Concurrent Minister of the Palace Supplies / 兼少府
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0216
Action: transferred · Appointments: General Who Pacifies the North / 寧朔將軍, Chief Clerk to the Champion under the Prince of Jinxi / 晉熙王冠軍長史, Acting Governor of Yingzhou / 行郢州事, Interior Minister of Jiangxia / 江夏內史 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 隆昌元年 · Western Year: AD 494
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0245
Status: appointment · Action: declined but refusal was not permitted; died before assuming
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0246, nanqishu:053:s0247
Action: imprisoned a ten-year-old boy for stealing one sheaf of rice
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0213

Places and affiliations

Place: Shanyin in Kuaiji / 會稽山陰
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0207

Learning and skills

Institution: Imperial Academy / 國子 · Status: student
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0209
Credential: Filial and Incorrupt / 孝廉 · Action: recommended
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0209

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: speaker · Provenance: Mode: document · Speaker Person Id: Kong Xiuzhi (孔琇之) · Subject Person Id: Wang Wenshu (王文殊)
Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0131, nanqishu:055:s0132, nanqishu:055:s0133, nanqishu:055:s0134
Kind: oral justification · Role: speaker · Statement: If he could steal at ten, there was nothing he would not do when grown.
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0213

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: awed the whole district into strict order · Provenance: Mode: collective-reputation
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0214
Assessment: governed Linhai with austere integrity · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0220
Assessment: proved a capable administrator in Wucheng · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0211
Assessment: won renown for competence in office · Provenance: Mode: collective-reputation
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0215
Assessment: Wuxing administration praised as pure and stern · Provenance: Mode: collective-reputation
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0221
Item: twenty jin of dried ginger / 乾薑二十斤 · Relation: presented after commandery service
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0220

References in the histories

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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 34: Virtuous Officials · 7 passages

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傅琰虞愿劉懷慰裴昭明沈憲李珪之孔琇之 Fu Yan, Yu Yuan, Liu Huaiwei, Pei Zhaoming, Shen Xian, Li Guizhi, and Kong Xiuzhi

孔琇之，會稽山陰人也。 Kong Xiuzhi was a native of Shanyin in Kuaiji commandery.

琇之初爲國子生，舉孝廉。 Xiuzhi first entered the Imperial Academy and was recommended as filial and incorrupt.

有小兒年十歲，偷刈隣家稻一束，琇之付獄治罪，或諫之，琇之曰：「十歲便能爲盜，長大何所不爲？」 A ten-year-old boy stole and reaped one sheaf of a neighbor's rice. Xiuzhi had him thrown in prison. When some tried to dissuade him, he said, 'If he can steal at ten, what will he not do when he grows up?'

出爲臨海太守，在任清約，罷郡還，獻乾薑二十斤，世祖嫌少，及知琇之清，乃歎息。 He was sent out as grand administrator of Linhai and governed with austere integrity. When his term ended he presented twenty jin of dried ginger as a gift. Emperor Wu at first thought the offering too meager, but on learning how incorrupt Xiuzhi was, he sighed in admiration.

隆昌元年，遷琇之爲寧朔將軍、晉熙王冠軍長史，行郢州事，江夏內史。 In the first year of Longchang, Xiuzhi was transferred to general who pacifies the north, chief clerk to the champion under the Prince of Jinxi, acting governor of Yingzhou, and interior minister of Jiangxia.

琇之辭，不許。 Xiuzhi declined, but the appointment was not allowed.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 1 passage

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永明十一年，太守孔琇之表曰：「文殊性挺五常，心符三教。 In the eleventh year of Yongming Administrator Kong Xiuzhi wrote: "Wenshu's nature embodies the five constant virtues; his heart accords with the three teachings.