Mother of Zhang Kongsun (張孔孫之母)

Overview

Mother of Zhang Kongsun was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1260 to AD 1294 孔孫以母老不應時
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 174, passage 195

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Zhang Kongsun (張孔孫)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Yuan 174, passage 195

Assessments and attributes

elderly at the time Kongsun declined the Shaanxi invitation
Age
Directly stated · History of Yuan 174, passage 195

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 174Volume 174 Biographies 61: Yao Sui, Guo Guan, Jia Guzhiqi, Liu Geng, Ye Luyoushang, Hao Tianting, Zhang Kongsun · 1 passage

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既長，以文學名，辟萬戶府議事官，萬戶嚴忠範之兄為陝西行省平章政事，聘孔孫，以母老不應。 When grown he won a literary reputation and was recruited as deliberating officer of the Myriarch Office. The elder brother of Myriarch Yan Zhongfan, then regional councilor of Shaanxi, invited him to serve, but he declined because his mother was elderly.