Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Magistrate and Filial Mourner

Guo Wengong 郭文恭

Attested AD 471 - AD 534

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Guo Wengong was a Magistrate and Filial Mourner.

Life and dates

Age

70
Reckoning Sui · past seventy when parents died
Directly stated · Book of Wei 92, passage 134

Attested activity

AD 471 to AD 534 北魏之世
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 92, passage 132

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Grandfather of Guo Wengong (郭文恭祖父)
grandfather 祖父 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Father of Guo Wengong (郭文恭父)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 92, passage 135
Child of Father of Guo Wengong (郭文恭父)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Wei 92, passage 134
Child of Mother of Guo Wengong (郭文恭母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Wei 92, passage 134

Career and standing

magistrate of Taiping county 太平縣令
Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 92, passage 133
gate and hamlet marked 標其門閭
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Wei 92, passage 137

Places and affiliations

At Pingyao in Taiyuan 太原平遙
Directly stated · Book of Wei 92, passage 132

Events and relationships

Bore earth to bank grandfather tombs
Tomb tending · Grandson
Directly stated · Book of Wei 92, passages 135-136

References in the histories

Book of Wei, Chapter 92Volume 86: Filial Piety: Zhao Yan, Zhang Sunlu, Qifu Bao, Sun Yide, Dong Luosheng, Yang Yin · 3 passages

趙琰長孫慮乞伏保孫益德董洛生楊引閻元明吳悉達王續生李顯達張昇倉跋王崇郭文恭 Zhao Yan, Zhangsun Lu, Qifu Bao, Sun Yide, Dong Luosheng, Yang Yin, Yan Yuanming, Wu Xida, Wang Xusheng, Li Xianda, Zhang Sheng, Cang Ba, Wang Chong, and Guo Wengong

郭文恭，太原平遙人也。 Guo Wengong was from Pingyao in Taiyuan.

文恭孝慕罔極，乃居祖父墓次，晨夕拜跪。 Wengong's filial longing was boundless. He therefore dwelt beside his grandfather's tomb, bowing and kneeling morning and evening.