Qin and Han · Named Individual

Kong Che 孔車

Attested BC 127 - BC 126

Passages: 5
Chapters: 3
Histories: 3

Overview

Kong Che was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 126 及其族死，无一人收者，唯獨洨孔车收葬之
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 240
BC 127 孔車
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 132

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 74 Volume 64a: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 1 2 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112 Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu 2 passages
Book of Chen, Chapter 32 Volume 32: Filial Piety 1 passage

Places and affiliations

At Xiao 洨
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 240

Events and relationships

Collected and buried
BC 126 及其族死 · Ritual · Burier · With Zhufu Yan (主父偃)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 240
Type buried · Person Zhufu Yan (主父偃)
Directly stated · Book of Han 74, passage 321

Assessments and attributes

Assessment man of integrity / elder of character (长者) · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Emperor Wu (孝武皇帝)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 241

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 32Volume 32: Filial Piety · 1 passage

周朝優詔答曰：「昔主父從戮，孔車有長者之風，彭越就誅，欒布得陪臣之禮。 Zhou replied graciously: "When Zhufu Yan was executed, Kong Che showed an elder's bearing; when Peng Yue was put to death, Luan Bu received a subject's rites.

Book of Han, Chapter 74Volume 64a: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 1 · 2 passages

偃方貴幸時，客以千數，及族死，無一人視，獨孔車收葬焉。 Thousands feasted at his gate while he flourished; when he fell, only Kong Che dared bury the bones.

上聞之，以車為長者。 Learning of it, the emperor praised Kong Che as a gentleman of the old school.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu · 2 passages

主父方貴幸時，賓客以千數，及其族死，無一人收者，唯獨洨孔車收葬之。 When Zhufu Yan was at the height of his favor, his guests and followers numbered in the thousands. Yet when his clan was executed, not a single person came to claim his body—only Kong Che of Xiao collected his remains and gave him a proper burial.

天子后聞之，以為孔車長者也。 When the Emperor later learned of this, he regarded Kong Che as a man of true integrity.