Ancient China · Teacher and Official

Gongsun Jia 公孫賈

Attested BC 361 - BC 338

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gongsun Jia was a Teacher and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 361 to BC 338 黥其師公孫賈
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 68, passages 89, 163

Career and standing

branded/tattooed 黥
Branding · Suffered
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 68, passage 89
tattooed again 黥
Branding · Suffered
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 68, passage 163

Events and relationships

Relation Teacher of · Person King Hui of Qin (秦惠王)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 68, passage 89

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 68Biography of Lord Shang · 2 passages

太子，君嗣也，不可施刑，刑其傅公子虔，黥其師公孫賈。 The crown prince is the ruler's heir and cannot be punished. Instead, his tutor Gongzi Qian was tattooed and his teacher Gongsun Jia was branded.

公子虔杜門不出已八年矣，君又殺祝懽而黥公孫賈。 Gongzi Qian has shut his door and not gone out for eight years already; Your Lordship has again killed Zhu Huan and tattooed Gongsun Jia.