Kong Zhaoxu (孔昭序)

Overview

Kong Zhaoxu was an official.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 934 班位爭議
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 75

Career and standing

right regular attendant 右散騎常侍
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 75

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

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時劉句亦罷相為僕射，右散騎常侍孔昭序建言：「常侍班當在僕射前。」 Liu Xu had also left the chancellorship and become vice director. Kong Zhaoxu, right regular attendant, proposed: "The regular attendant's rank should stand ahead of the vice director."

崔居儉揚言於朝曰：「孔昭序解語，是朝廷無解語人也！ Cui Jujian declared in open court, "So Kong Zhaoxu understands language—does that mean the court has no one who does?

昭序癡兒，豈識事體？」 Zhaoxu is a fool. How could he understand the substance of the matter?"