Five Dynasties · Official

Kong Ying 孔英

Attested AD 940

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Kong Ying was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 940 source
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 210

Assessments and attributes

Assessment notorious for disgraceful conduct · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 210

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 55Volume 55 Miscellaneous Biographies 35: Liu Xu, Lu Wenji, Ma Yinxun, Yao Yi, Liu Yue, Ma Gao, Cui Jujian, Cui Zhuo, Li Yi · 3 passages

時有進士孔英者，素有醜行，為當時所惡。 There was a jinshi named Kong Ying who had long been notorious for disgraceful conduct and was widely detested.

棁既受命，往見維翰，維翰素貴，嚴尊而語簡，謂棁曰：「孔英來矣。」 After receiving his commission Zhuo went to see Weihan, who was always honored, stern, and brief in speech. He told Zhuo: "Kong Ying has come."

棁不諭其意，以謂維翰以孔英為言，乃考英及第，物議大以為非，即罷學幹，拜尚書左丞，遷太常卿。 Zhuo misunderstood and thought Weihan meant to warn him against Kong Ying. He passed Ying in the examination instead, to widespread outrage. Zhuo was removed from the Hanlin Academy, made left assistant director in the Ministry of State Affairs, and transferred to director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices.