Yuan · Official

Gong 恭

Gōng

Attested AD 1368

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gong was an official.

Life and dates

Death

Suicide by hanging
Directly stated · History of Yuan 196, passage 66

Attested activity

AD 1368 至正二十八年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 196, passages 62, 89

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Guannu (官奴)
daughter 女
Directly stated · History of Yuan 196, passage 67
Child of Zhao Hongyi (趙弘毅)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Yuan 196, passage 62
Spouse of Wife of Gong
wife 妻子
Directly stated · History of Yuan 196, passage 62

Career and standing

registry clerk of the Central Secretariat 中書管勾
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 196, passage 62

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Quote true
Directly stated · History of Yuan 196, passages 62, 64-65

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 196Volume 196 Biographies 83: Loyal and Righteous Acts 4 · 3 passages

其子恭，中書管勾，與妻子訣曰：「今乘輿北奔，我父子食祿，不能效尺寸力，吾父母已死，尚何敢愛死乎！」 His son Gong, a registry clerk of the Central Secretariat, took leave of his wife and children and said, "Now the imperial carriage flees north. My father and I have drawn salary yet could not render even the slightest service. My parents are already dead—how dare I still cling to life!"

恭叱曰：「爾非我徒也。 Gong rebuked him: "You are not of my company.

恭女官奴，年十七，見恭死，方大泣，適鄰嫗數輩來，相率出避，曰：「我未適人，避將何之？」 Gong's daughter Guannu, seventeen years old, was weeping bitterly over his body when several neighboring old women came and urged her to flee with them. She said, "I am not yet married—where would I flee?"