Kong Guang (孔光) | 24 Histories

Overview

Kong Guang was a Grand Tutor who praised Wang Mang.

BC 1 元壽二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 12, passage 130
BC 8 to BC 5 初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 105, passage 219
BC 33 to AD 5 卓茂仕西漢之初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 28, passage 7
BC 2 to BC 1 及賢為大司馬
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 105, passage 220
BC 65 to AD 5 哀帝初
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 186
BC 7 哀帝即位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 26, passages 327, 334

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Kinship Role sons of elder brothers · Count 2
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 223

Book of Han, Chapter 105 Volume 93: Flatterers 6 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 94 Volume 83: Xue Xuan and Zhu Bo 4 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 12 Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 88 Volume 77: Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang and He 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 11 Volume 10: Annals of Emperor Cheng 1 passage

Grand Minister over the Masses 大司徒
BC 1 元壽二年五月 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Han 12, passage 130
Imperial Counsellor 御史大夫
BC 8 to BC 5 初 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 219
one of the Three Excellencies 三公
BC 2 to BC 1 及賢為大司馬 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 220
Grand Minister over the Masses 大司徒
BC 1 哀帝崩 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 254
Commandant of Justice 廷尉
BC 8 廷尉孔光 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 288
Chancellor 丞相
BC 7 綏和二年 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 12, passage 39

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chancellor 丞相
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 93, passage 65
Chancellor 丞相
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passage 186; Book of Han 105, passage 219
Chief Chancellor 丞相
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 26, passage 334
Imperial Counselor 御史大夫
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 91, passage 188
chancellor 丞相
Directly stated · Book of Han 94, passage 146
chancellor 丞相
Directly stated · Book of Han 94, passages 298, 300
Grand Minister over the Masses
大司徒
Directly stated · Book of Han 88, passage 249
Increased
BC 7 綏和二年 · Households 1000
Directly stated · Book of Han 12, passage 39
Result reduced to commoner
Directly stated · Book of Han 94, passage 302

Polity Western Han · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 26, passage 334
Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 186
Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 219
Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 288

Counsel · Speaker · With Emperor Cheng (成帝)
Directly stated · Book of Han 91, passage 188
Memorial · Author · With Emperor Ai (孝哀皇帝)
Directly stated · Book of Han 26, passages 334-337
Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · Mode prompted-memorial Source Person Id Wang Mang (王莽)
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passages 254-259

Prior deliberations on law cited by Liang Tong
Political · Advisor · Mode named-source-report Speaker Liang Tong (梁統)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 39, passage 51
Received Dong Xian with extreme deference
Ritual · Host · With Dong Xian (董賢)
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passages 221-222
Requested nominations of people skilled in river control
Administrative · Recruiting official
Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passage 186
Sent holding tally to grant poison
BC 8 廷尉孔光使持節賜貴人許氏藥 · Legal · Envoy · With Noble Woman Xu (許氏)
Directly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 288
Supported Xing
Succession debate · Advocate · With Liu Xing (劉興)
Directly stated · Book of Han 91, passage 188
Relation Former superior of · Person Dong Gong (董恭)
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 219

Assessment regarded Zhuo Mao as a man of mature virtue · Target Person Id Zhuo Mao (卓茂) · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Kong Guang (孔光)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 7
Assessment respectful and cautious by nature · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 221