Qin and Han · Official

Yu Gong 於公

Yu gong

Attested BC 80 - BC 50

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yu Gong was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 80 to BC 50 昔東海於公
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 40, passage 201

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Active under
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 40, passage 201
At Donghai 東海
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 40, passage 201

Events and relationships

Widened gate for virtue
Exemplum · Exemplar · Mode named-speaker Speaker Wenju (文舉)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 40, passage 201

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 40, passage 187

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 40Volume 35: Biographies of Zhang, Cao, Zheng · 1 passage

昔東海於公僅有一節，猶或戒鄉人侈其門閭，矧乃鄭公之德，而無駟牡之路！ Even Yu Gong of Donghai, with a single good turn, told his neighbors to broaden his gate—how much more should we for Master Zheng's virtue, when his lane could not fit a team of four!