Ancient China · Official

Meng Gongchuo 公綽

Attested BC 520 - BC 480

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Meng Gongchuo was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 520 to BC 480 公綽之名
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 89, passage 44

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 89 Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 94 Volume 83: Xue Xuan and Zhu Bo 1 passage

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 2 passages

一人得生，十人以喪，如此，伯夷之行壞，公綽之名滅。 One life bought may cost ten; Boyi's standard of integrity and Gongzhuo's repute would collapse.

朋奏記望之曰：「將軍體周、召之德，秉公綽之質，有卞莊之威。 Zheng Peng submitted a note to Wangzhi, saying, "General, you embody the virtue of the Dukes of Zhou and Shao, possess the character of Meng Gongchuo, and command the awe of Bian Zhuang.

Book of Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Xue Xuan and Zhu Bo · 1 passage

宣因移書勞勉之曰：「昔孟公綽優於趙魏而不宜滕薛，故或以德顯，或以功舉，『君子之道，焉可憮也！』 He wrote to encourage them: "Meng Gongchuo excelled in great states yet faltered in small ones—some shine through virtue, others through deeds. A gentleman's path admits more than one shape.