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Kong Xian

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Kong Xian was a Cao Wei court gentleman, enfeoffed as Marquis of Zongsheng and charged with worshipping Confucius.

History in 2 vols. of the Records · Not in the Romance

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  • History · vol. 2Records of the Three Kingdoms

    …其以議郎孔羨爲宗聖侯,邑百戶,奉孔子祀。」令魯郡脩起舊廟,置百戶吏卒以守衞之,又於其外廣爲室屋以居學者。
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    詔曰:「昔仲尼資大聖之才,懷帝王之器,當衰周之末,無受命之運,在魯、衞之朝,教化乎洙、泗之上,悽悽焉,遑遑焉,欲屈己以存道,貶身以救世。于時王公終莫能用之,乃退考五代之禮,脩素王之事,因魯史而制春秋,就太師而正雅頌,俾千載之後,莫不宗其文以述作,仰其聖以成謀,咨!可謂命世之大聖,億載之師表者也。遭天下大亂,百祀墮壞,舊居之廟,毀而不脩,襃成之後,絕而莫繼,闕里不聞講頌之聲,四時不覩蒸甞之位,斯豈所謂崇禮報功,盛德百世必祀者哉!其以議郎孔羨爲宗聖侯,邑百戶,奉孔子祀。」令魯郡脩起舊廟,置百戶吏卒以守衞之,又於其外廣爲室屋以居學者。

  • History · vol. 16Records of the Three Kingdoms

    …近司隶校尉孔羡辟大将军狂悖之弟,而有司嘿尔,望风希指,甚於受属。…
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    陛下又患台阁禁令之不密,人事请属之不绝,听伊尹作迎客出入之制,选司徒更恶吏以守寺门;威禁由之,实未得为禁之本也。昔汉安帝时,少府窦嘉辟廷尉郭躬无罪之兄子,犹见举奏,章劾纷纷。近司隶校尉孔羡辟大将军狂悖之弟,而有司嘿尔,望风希指,甚於受属。选举不以实,人事之大者也。〈臣松之案大将军,司马宣王也。晋书云:“宣王第五弟,名通,为司隶从事。”疑恕所云狂悖者。通子顺,封龙阳亭侯。晋初受禅,以不达天命,守节不移,削爵土,徙武威。〉嘉有亲戚之宠,躬非社稷重臣,犹尚如此;以今况古,陛下自不督必行之罚以绝阿党之原耳。伊尹之制,与恶吏守门,非治世之具也。使臣之言少蒙察纳,何患於奸不削灭,而养若昭等乎!

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Kong Xian was a Gentleman of Discussion in Cao Wei and was enfeoffed as Marquis of Zongsheng; he does not appear in the Romance.

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Cao Wei issued an edict enfeoffing the Gentleman of Discussion Kong Xian as Marquis of Zongsheng, granting him a fief of one hundred households, and ordering him to offer sacrifices to Confucius, restore Confucius’s old temple, appoint officials and soldiers to guard it, and expand the buildings to house scholars. (Recorded in the historical sources)

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  • Offered sacrifices to Confucius
  • Served under Cao Wei

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Relation graph of Kong XianCao PiSSima TongKong Xian
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History · vol. 2

  • Cao Pi§27

    Lord

    曹丕下诏封其为宗圣侯

History · vol. 16

  • Vassal

    辟司马懿之弟为司隶从事;裴注据晋书疑即司马通