Overview
Gongsha Mu was a scholar, Hermit and Administrator.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Wenyi | 文乂 | Wenyi |
Life and dates
Death
- Circumstance died in office as commandant of the dependent state of Liaodong · Source Text 年六十六，卒官Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 42
Age
- 66Reckoning Chinese years (年六十六) · At Event deathDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 42
Attested activity
- AD 155 永寿元年Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 39-40
- AD 120 to AD 155 公沙穆历官（永寿元年之前，无纪年）Derived from the source · Book of Later Han 93, passages 21, 27
Family
- Kinship Role sons · Count 6 · all six sons became known names (六子皆知名)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 43
Career and standing
- director of affairs 主事AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 27
- magistrate of Hongnong 弘农令Promoted · Jurisdiction Hongnong county 弘农Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 36
- minister of Zeng 缯相Promoted · Jurisdiction marquisate of Zeng 缯Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 27
- commandant of the dependent state of Liaodong 辽东属国都尉PromotedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 41
- Poor and of low station · 家贫贱Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 17
- seized and examined all of the marquis's retainers and clients who broke the lawArrested and interrogated · Source Text 其苍头兒客犯法，皆收考之Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 34
Places and affiliations
- At Jiaodong, Beihai commandery 北海胶东 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 16
- built a hut against forest and cliff and slept alone without a companionAt the Jian Mountains 建成山 · Relation Resided inDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 18
- lived in seclusion there and scholars came from afar to study with himAt Mount Donglai 东莱山 · Relation Withdrew toDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 21
Learning and skills
- StudiedLife Stage adulthood · Subjects the Han Poetry 韩诗, the Gongyang Spring and Autumn Annals 公羊春秋, the numerology of the Yellow River Chart and Luo River Writing 《河》《洛》推步之术Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 17
- NominatedCredential Filial and Incorrupt 孝廉 · placed in the high grade (高第)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 27
- Belief wealth and rank rest with Heaven and depend on fate 富贵在天，得之有命 · Relation ProfessedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 25
- Skill prognostication from celestial signs 占候 · Level expertDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 40
Works and attributed material
- Prayer · Speaker · Quoted · Summary if the people have sinned the guilt is Mu's own; he asked to offer his own body in prayerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 38
- Speech · Speaker · With Liu Chang (刘敞) · Quoted · Summary on taking office he told the Marquis of Zeng that the capital called Zeng cursed with a wicked marquis, rebuked him for transgressing the statutes despite his inherited fief, and urged him to mend his waysDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 29-32
- Speech · Speaker · With Wang Zhong (王仲) · Quoted · Summary thanked Wang Zhong but declared that wealth and rank rest with Heaven and that he could not bear to seek office with moneyDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 24-26
Events and relationships
- A voice called his name three times amid violent wind and thunder and then entered through the window; he kept reciting his texts and refused to answerAD 120 to AD 155 公沙穆历官（永寿元年之前，无纪年） · Uncanny · Subject · Outcome Nothing further happenedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 19-20
- Declined Wang Zhong's offer of a million cash as capital for advancementAD 120 to AD 155 公沙穆历官（永寿元年之前，无纪年） · Personal · Recipient of an offer · With Wang Zhong (王仲) · Outcome Refused to buy office with moneyDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 22-26
- Memorialized to confiscate the fields Liu Chang had seized from officials and commoners, deposed the concubine's son and restored the legitimate heirDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 33
- Read the omens in advance and ordered the people to move to high ground before the Yongshou floodsAD 155 永寿元年 · Disaster relief · Magistrate · Outcome The people of Hongnong alone escaped harmDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 39-40
- Set up an altar and prayed to take the people's guilt on himself when caterpillars devoured the cropsRitual · Officiant · Outcome A violent rain fell, the sky cleared before nightfall and the pests vanishedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 37-39
- remonstrated bitterly until Liu Chang wept, apologized and largely followed his counselDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 35
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment divine (神明) · Source Text 百姓称曰神明 · Mode popular-reportDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 39
- Assessment extraordinary · Source Text 时人奇之 · Mode contemporary-opinionDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 20
- Assessment good at winning the hearts of clerks and commoners · Source Text 善得吏人欢心 · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 41
- from childhood he disliked frivolous playCharacter · Source Text 自为兒童不好戏弄Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 17
References in the histories
10 passages
No matching passages.