Portrait of Confucius
Kong Guang was born in Qufu, Shandong. The fourteenth grandson of Confucius is the son of Confucius, a great master of the Western Han Dynasty. Kong Guang was smart, diligent and talented since childhood. Kong Guang, under the age of 20, was chosen as the debater. He started his political career very early.
Later, he was elected as the founder and entered the court as a doctor. Because Kong Guang was strong-willed and dared to make suggestions, Emperor Gaozu didn't like Kong Guang very much, so he was exiled.
In desperation, Kong Guang chose to resign and go home to teach. Kong Guangjiao's students later became doctors in the Han Dynasty, which shows that Kong Guang's teaching level is very high.
When Emperor Han Chengdi ascended the throne, he chose Kong Guang as a doctor and made mistakes everywhere. Because of his outstanding achievements, Kong Guang was promoted to imperial academy Shangshu and Imperial Examiner. In 7 BC, Chong General and Chong Prime Minister became the ruling center of the Han Dynasty. His name is Boshan Hou. However, things are not going well. Empress Fu was disgusted with Kong Guang's honesty and exiled her back to her hometown.
In 2 BC, after Fu's death, Kong Guang was once again hired by Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty and once again became the prime minister of the DPRK. But in the end, Kong Guang resigned again and returned to his hometown because of his unsuccessful execution of government affairs. He officially retired from the political arena. On April 28th, 5th BC, Kong Guang died at home at the age of 70. In recognition of Kong Guang's achievements, the court ordered the doctor to be remonstrated to ensure his funeral. Officials also mourned Kong Guang. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty called Kong Guang "Park Meng Hou".
Through the profile of Kong Guang, we can see his ups and downs as an official. He was demoted and used many times, from which we can see that his integrity is noble.
Kong's achievements
Kong Guang, the fourteenth grandson of Confucius, also made great contributions to the development of Confucian families. The following are the achievements of Kong Guang, the minister in the late Western Han Dynasty.
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Before he became Minister of State, Kong Guang was just an ordinary scholar, that is, a doctor, whose duty was to teach Confucian classics. Doctor Kong Dang, although knowledgeable and has his own theory, was not familiar with the scope of the minister's work when he first became a minister, and he did not know much about the various procedures and practices of the internal affairs of the court. Kong Guang can't fully understand the classics of Korean government and legal system, but he knows how to be a minister if he doesn't fully understand the workflow in the fastest time. So just a few years later, Kong Guang studied his business very hard. He made unremitting efforts to study various systems and laws in depth.
The world often says, "Do your job well, love your job well." Kong Guang can't describe it better with this sentence. Because of Kong Guang's persistence and hard work, he worked hard and improved constantly, thus winning the trust and love of the emperor, and was later promoted to servant shooting and calligrapher. Kong Guangtong served as the ancient prime minister twice, once for Da Situ, once for Tai Fu and once for Tai Fu. After three emperors, Kong Guangtong became an assistant minister. He was widely praised for his noble character and impartiality. He often explained important principles to his disciples, and many of them eventually became doctors. Wang once made an imperial edict that Kong Guang had both ability and political integrity.
Through Kong Guang's achievements, we can know that Kong Guang is another great Confucian scholar and politician since the Han Dynasty.
Hole evaluation
Kong was a rare wise politician in the late Western Han Dynasty, and he was also quite wise in history. The following is the evaluation of Kong Guang.
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First of all, politically speaking, Kong Guang is a capable minister. He has been in charge of ministers' affairs for a long time, making laws and regulations and dealing with so-called delicate and peaceful judgments. During his tenure as prime minister, he strengthened his resistance to evil and made every effort to correct the corrupt government affairs in the Western Han Dynasty. Together with fu, he drafted the fief order and the slave law.
Secondly, Kong Guang's behavior has been discussed a lot in history. Wang said that after Kong Guang became a saint, his virtue was correct and his behavior was different. But more historians believe that Kong Guang's submission to Wang Mang's regime and his tyranny caused this situation. Some people even think that scholars like Kong Guang have lost their integrity in order to keep their titles.
However, on the whole, Kong Guang still can't be counted as a traitor. He is also a great educator. As the 14th generation descendant of Confucius, Kong Guang has the obligation to carry forward Confucian culture. At this point, he did a good job. In Kong Guang's life, despite the ups and downs of the political road, he always faithfully fulfilled the mission of teaching and educating people and solving problems. He has taught many excellent students. Some students became doctors, others became doctors. He made a positive contribution to the development of Confucian culture.
It can be seen from Kong Guang's evaluation that no one is perfect. Although Kong Guang made outstanding achievements, he was still criticized by later historians in some aspects.
Life of Confucius
As a historical celebrity, he also carries the glory of the Confucius family. Kong's life has aroused the curiosity of many Confucian researchers.
It's Kong Guang's annotation.
As the successor of Confucianism, Kong Guang has a strong interest in official career. However, due to the decline of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang ruled in chaos. Hole in the heart more and more afraid. He knew that Wang Mang was an apple polisher, but he didn't dare to resist. Wang Mang knew that Kong Guang was the prime minister of the previous dynasty and had high prestige and honor. So Kong Guang should ask to draft all the documents. According to Wang's will, Kong Guang's hand is used to catch all those who hinder the development of the Wang family. Kong also indirectly became an accomplice of follwed. Kong is very worried about this. He wants to expand the Confucius family, but he doesn't want to be a sinner of history. In desperation, he chose to retire. However, Wang Mang insisted on not letting Kong Guang go and gave him many rewards, praising Kong Guang's benevolence and righteousness. Seeing this, Kong was even more afraid. He is afraid that he will be bound by ignorance and become a sinner through the ages. So in this case, Kong Guang insisted on resigning and finally won the final reputation.
After Kong Guang resigned, he still educated his disciples in his hometown. Many of his followers are moral, and some even became officials in government agencies. Some students saw that Kong Guang was valued by the imperial court and wanted to enter the official career and get a higher position through Kong Guang's recommendation. However, Kong Guang refused. He thinks that senior officials should test his ability, and all he can teach is some books. As for whether you can enter the official career, it depends on your own ability. We can see Kong Guang's fairness and justice from this incident.