Qin and Han · Strategist and Scholar

Liu Gong 劉龔

Attested AD 25 - AD 36

Passages
4
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Gong as a scholar and strategist. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Liu Gong 劉龔 Liu Gong
Personal name Gong
Surname Liu
Personal name Liu Gong 劉龔 Liu Gong
Courtesy name Mengong 孟公 Mengong

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Scholar
  • Strategist

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Kin of Liu Xin (劉歆)
    Kinship Term: nephew / 兄子 · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Elder brother of Liu Xin (劉歆兄)
  • Child of Elder brother of Liu Xin (劉歆兄)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

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Learning and skills

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 34Volume 30a: Biographies of Su Jing; Yang Hou · 4 passages