Ancient China · Royal Family Member and Teacher

Gongzi Qian 公子虔

Attested BC 361 - BC 338

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gongzi Qian was a Royal Family Member and Teacher.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 361 to BC 338 刑其傅公子虔
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 68, passages 89, 102

Career and standing

shut his door for eight years 杜門不出已八年矣
Seclusion · Entered
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 68, passage 163
nose cut off 劓
BC 357 to BC 350 行之四年 · Mutilation · Suffered
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 68, passage 102
punished/tattooed as tutor proxy 刑
Corporal punishment · Suffered
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 68, passage 89

Events and relationships

Denounced as rebel
Political · Accuser faction · With Shang Yang (商鞅)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 68, passage 175
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 · 5 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.

行之四年，公子虔復犯約，劓之。 After four years of implementation, Gongzi Qian again violated the agreement and had his nose cut off.

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.

公子虔之徒告商君欲反，發吏捕商君。 The followers of Gongzi Qian reported that Lord Shang meant to rebel, and officials were dispatched to arrest him.

且所因由嬖臣，及得用，刑公子虔，欺魏將卬，不師趙良之言，亦足發明商君之少恩矣。 Moreover, what he relied on was a favored minister; once he obtained power, he punished Gongzi Qian, deceived the Wei general Ang, and did not follow Zhao Liang's words—this was also sufficient to reveal Lord Shang's lack of kindness.