Sui and Tang · Commentator and Scholar

Kong Yingda 孔穎達

Attested AD 629 - AD 648

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Kong Yingda was a Commentator and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 640 to AD 648 孔潁達
Strongly inferred · History of Song 148, passage 94
AD 629 貞觀三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 86, passages 6-7

Key source chapters

History of Song, Chapter 107 Volume 107 Treatises 60: Rites 10 1 passage
History of Song, Chapter 148 Volume 148 Treatises 101: Ceremonial Guards 6 1 passage
Book of Sui, Chapter 86 Volume 86: the Second Year of the Tian Sheng Reign Publication Mark 1 passage

Career and standing

Supernumerary within the Gates 給事中
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 7

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · History of Song 148, passage 94
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 86, passage 7

Works and attributed material

Correct Meaning 正義
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Song 107, passage 104
Commentary · Author · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Kong Yingda (孔穎達)
Directly stated · History of Song 148, passage 94

Events and relationships

Assigned to write
Scholarly · Compiler · Object Sui history 隋史
Directly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 7
Relation Colleague of · Person Yan Shigu (顏師古)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 7
Relation Colleague of · Person Xu Jingzong (許敬宗)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 86, passage 7

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 148, passage 94

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 107Volume 107 Treatises 60: Rites 10 · 1 passage

故孔氏《正義》以為：『天子夏為大祭之禘，不廢時祭之礿； The Correct Meaning of the Kong commentary therefore holds: 'When the Son of Heaven in summer performs the great dì sacrifice, he does not abolish the seasonal yue offering;

History of Song, Chapter 148Volume 148 Treatises 101: Ceremonial Guards 6 · 1 passage

孔潁達曰：“虞世但注旄，夏世始加旒縿。” Kong Yingda said: "In the Yu era only yak tails were fixed; in the Xia era tassels and fringe were first added."

Book of Sui, Chapter 86Volume 86: the Second Year of the Tian Sheng Reign Publication Mark · 1 passage

徵又奏於中書省置秘書內省，令前中書侍郎顏師古、給事中孔穎達、著作郎許敬宗撰隋史。 Wei also proposed setting up an inner secretariat bureau within the Secretariat and assigning former Vice Director Yan Shigu, Supernumerary within the Gates Kong Yingda, and Academician Xu Jingzong to write the Sui history.