Kong Miao (孔邈) | 24 Histories

Overview

Kong Miao was an official and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 898 乾寧五年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 130

Family

Descendant of Confucius (孔子)
forty-first-generation descendant 四十一代孫 · 41 generations
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 126
Kin of Dugu Sun (獨孤損)
maternal uncle 親舅 · maternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 131

Origins and identity

forty-first-generation descendant of Confucius
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 126

Career and standing

Entered
Retirement
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 128

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 898 乾寧五年 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 130

Assessments and attributes

over seven chi tall; warm dignified bearing
Physical description
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 127

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68 Book of Later Tang 44: Biographies 20: Xue Tinggui, Cui Yi, Liu Yue, Liu Ye, Feng Shunqing, Dou Mengzheng, Li Baoyin, Gui Ai, Kong, Miao, Zhang Wenbao, Chen Yi, Liu Zan · 3 passages

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孔邈，文宣王四十一代孫。 Kong Miao was a forty-first-generation descendant of Confucius.

〈（案：《孔邈傳》，原本殘闕。 (The received Biography of Kong Miao is defective.

崔遠在中書，奏為萬年尉，充集賢校理，以親舅獨孤損方在廊廟，避嫌不赴職。）〉 Cui Yuan, then in the Secretariat, recommended him as defender of Wannian and collator in the Hall of Assembled Worthies, but Miao declined the posts because his maternal uncle Dugu Sun was serving in the chief councils and he wished to avoid suspicion.)〉