Kong Zhigui (孔稚珪)

Overview

Kong Zhigui was an official and Writer.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Dezhang	德璋

Life and dates

Death

AD 501 永元三年
Cause Illness exacerbated after expulsion
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passages 193-194

Age

55
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 194

Attested activity

AD 479 to AD 493 Shen Xian's Shanyin tenure
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 53, passage 181
AD 493 十一年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 49, passage 52
AD 479 卽位後郊廟歌
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 36, passage 33
AD 494 建武初
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 129
AD 501 永元三年
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 193
AD 499 永元元年
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 192

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AD 483 to AD 493 永明
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 48, passages 265, 267
AD 489 永明七年
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 67
AD 483 to AD 493 永明中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 142
AD 491 永明九年
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 89
AD 494 鬱林即位十餘日
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 47, passage 152
AD 493 魏主南伐；齊世祖殂、鬱林即位之歲
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 233

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Kong Daolong (孔道隆)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 47
Kin of Zhang Rong (張融)
cousin 外兄
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 188
Sibling of Kong Zhongzhi (孔仲智)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 64
Child of Kong Lingchan (孔靈產)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 48

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Career and standing

General Who Establishes Might 冠軍將軍
AD 494 建武初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 129
valiant cavalry general 驍騎將軍
AD 489 永明七年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 67
Chamberlain for Law Enforcement 廷尉
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 69
Imperial Censor 御史中丞
AD 493 十一年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 49, passage 52
Attendant Counselor 別駕
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 142
Censor-in-Chief 中丞
Held
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 233

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grand master of the golden seal and purple ribbon 金紫光祿大夫
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 195

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 49, passage 52
Polity Name Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 67
At Shanyin in Kuaiji commandery 會稽山陰
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 46

Works and attributed material

Statutory Text 律文
Relation Compiler
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 98
Speech · Speaker · About frogs as dual orchestras
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 191
Memorial · Author · About law revision
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passages 89-126
Memorial · Author · About peace with northern enemies
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passages 131-184
Remonstrated to halt the armies
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 267
Memorial · Author · Addressed to the emperor (上) · Direct quotation · Units s0053, s0054, s0055, s0056, s0057, s0058, s0059, s0060, s0061, s0062, s0063, s0064, s0065, s0066, s0067, s0068, s0069, s0070, s0071, s0072, s0073, s0074, s0075, s0076, s0077, s0078, s0079
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 49, passages 52-79

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Letter · Speaker · Mode document Speaker Kong Zhigui (孔稚珪) · Addressed to Prince of Yuzhang (豫章王) · Subject Person Id Zhu Qianzhi (朱謙之)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passages 142-151
Indictment · Author · With Wang Rong (王融)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 47, passages 152-155
Memorial · Author · With Prince Yulin (鬱林王)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 233
Magistrate Shen had exceptional natural talent for judging affairs
Oral assessment · Speaker · With Shen Xian (沈憲)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 53, passage 181

Events and relationships

Argued suicide impossible
AD 493 十一年 · Legal · Prosecutor · With Liu Xingzu (劉興祖)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 49, passages 75-76
Memorialized to halt the armies
Political · Remonstrator
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 267
Relation Friend of · Person Zhang Rong (張融)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 188
Relation Friend of · Person He Yin (何胤)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 188
Relation Colleague of · Person Jiang Yan (江淹)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 62
Relation Friend of · Person He Dian (何點)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 188

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Relation Friend of · Person Wang Siyuan (王思遠)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 188

Assessments and attributes

Assessment dwelt aloof and distant · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 267

References in the histories

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History

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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies 17: Xie Chaozong, Liu Xiang · 1 passage

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有司奏撰立郊廟歌，敕司徒褚淵、侍中謝朏、散騎侍郎孔稚珪、太學博士王咺之、總明學士劉融、何法冏、何曇秀十人竝作，超宗辭獨見用。 The responsible offices memorialized requesting that suburban and ancestral-temple hymns be composed. The emperor ordered ten men to write them: Minister over the Masses Chu Yuan, Attendant-in-Ordinary Xie Fei, Scattered Cavalry Gentleman Kong Zhigui, National University Erudite Wang Xuanzhi, Zongming Academy scholars Liu Rong, He Fajiong, He Tanxiu, and others. Only Chaozong's wording was used.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 47Volume 47 Biographies 28: Wang Rong, Xie Tiao · 1 passage

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鬱林深忿疾融，卽位十餘日，收下廷尉獄，然後使中丞孔稚珪倚爲奏曰：「融姿性剛險，立身浮競，動迹驚羣，抗言異類。 Emperor Yulin deeply hated Rong; within a fortnight of his accession he had Rong imprisoned by the Minister of Justice, then had Censor Kong Zhigui draft the charge: "Rong's nature is harsh and treacherous, his conduct restless and competitive; his actions alarm the court and his words oppose his peers.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 29: Yuan Tuan, Kong Zhigui, Liu Hui · 11 passages

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孔稚珪 Kong Zhigui

孔稚珪字德璋，會稽山陰人也。 Kong Zhigui, whose style name was Dezhang, came from Shanyin in Kuaiji commandery.

稚珪少學涉，有美譽。 Zhigui was widely read from his youth and enjoyed an excellent reputation.

太祖爲驃騎，以稚珪有文翰，取爲記室參軍，與江淹對掌辭筆。 When the Founding Emperor held the post of rapid cavalry general, he recruited Zhigui for his literary gifts as headquarters recorder, pairing him with Jiang Yan to share responsibility for official prose.

仲智妾李氏驕妒無禮，稚珪白太守王敬則殺之。 Zhongzhi's concubine Lady Li was arrogant, jealous, and insolent; Zhigui reported her to Grand Administrator Wang Jingze, who had her put to death.

至九年，稚珪上表曰： By the ninth year Zhigui submitted a memorial, saying:

稚珪以虜連歲南侵，征役不息，百姓死傷。 Because the barbarians had invaded the south year after year, corvée labor never ceased, and the common people were dying and wounded, Zhigui

稚珪風韻清疏，好文詠，飲酒七八斗。 Zhigui's bearing and charm were clear and spare; he loved literary composition and song, and could drink seven or eight dou of wine.

稚珪笑曰：「我以此當兩部鼓吹，何必期效仲舉。」 Zhigui laughed and said: "I take this as music from both orchestras—why must I expect to emulate Zhongju?"

三年，稚珪疾，東昏屏除，以牀轝走，因此疾甚，遂卒。 In the third year Zhigui fell ill; Emperor Donghun had him expelled and he fled in a carrying litter; because of this his illness grew severe and he died.

稚珪夷遠，奏諫罷兵。 Zhigui dwelt aloof and distant, memorializing to remonstrate and halt the armies.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 49Volume 49 Biographies 30: Wang Huan, Cong Dihui, Zhang Cong · 1 passage

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十一年，奐輙殺寧蠻長史劉興祖，上大怒，使御史中丞孔稚珪奏其事曰： In the eleventh year Huan killed on his own authority Liu Xingzu, chief administrator of the Pacification of the Barbarians. The emperor was furious and ordered Imperial Censor Kong Zhigui to memorialize the case as follows:

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 34: Virtuous Officials · 1 passage

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孔稚珪請假東歸，謂人曰：「沈令料事特有天才。」 Kong Zhigui took leave to return east and said to people, "Magistrate Shen's handling of affairs shows a special genius for judgment."

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 1 passage

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縣令申靈勗表上，別駕孔稚珪、兼記室劉璡、司徒左西掾張融牋與刺史豫章王曰：「禮開報仇之典，以申孝義之情； Magistrate Shen Lingxu reported the case. Kong Zhigui, Liu Lin, and Zhang Rong wrote to the Prince of Yuzhang, governor of the region: "Ritual law permits vengeance to express filial duty;

Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 138Volume 138 Qi Records 4 · 1 passage

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即位十餘日，即收王融下廷尉，使中丞孔稚珪奏融險躁輕狡，招納不逞，誹謗朝政。 Within little more than ten days of taking the throne he had Wang Rong arrested and sent to the Minister of Justice; he had Censor-in-Chief Kong Zhigui memorialize that Rong was reckless, volatile, and cunning, that he gathered malcontents, and that he slandered the court and government.