Kong Guang, another great descendant of Confucius, held a prominent position in the late Western Han Dynasty. So what is Kong Guang's profile?
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Kong Guang, Xia Ziren, from Qufu, Shandong. Fourteen grandchildren of Confucius, son of Kong Ba, had a surname in the Western Han Dynasty. Kong Guang was smart and studious since childhood. Before the age of 20, Kong Guang was elected as a negotiator. He started his political career very early.
Later, he was elected as the founder and entered the court as an admonition officer. Because of Kong Guang's strong character and daring to remonstrate, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't like it very much, so he exiled Kong Guang to other places, which looked like exile.
In desperation, Kong Guang chose to resign and go home to become an apprentice. The students taught by Kong Guang later became doctors and doctors in Han Dynasty, which shows the superb level of Kong Guang's education.
After Emperor Hancheng succeeded to the throne, Kong Guang was elected as a doctor and investigated and dealt with unjust, false and wrong cases everywhere. Because of his fruitful achievements, Kong Guang was promoted to secretary and suggestion. In 7 BC, he worshipped the general and became the ruling center of the Han Dynasty. Be named Boshan Hou. But things didn't go well. The truth about Kong Guang really disgusted Empress Fu, who was exiled and relegated to China.
In 2 BC, after the death of Empress Fu, Kong Guang was employed by Emperor Ai of Han Dynasty and went to worship as Prime Minister. But in the end, due to the unsatisfactory implementation of political affairs, Kong Guang resigned and returned to his hometown again. Officially withdrew 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 imperial court ordered the admonisher to hold a memorial service to ensure the funeral. Guan Bai also expressed condolences to Kong Guang. Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty called Kong Guang and posthumous title "Park Meng".
Through Kong Guang's brief introduction, we can see his ups and downs as an official. It has been demoted and used many times, which shows its virtue as an official.
Kong's achievements
As the 14th grandson of Confucius, Kong Guang made great contributions to the development of Confucianism. The following are the achievements of Kong Guang, the minister in the late Western Han Dynasty.
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Kong Guang is just an ordinary scholar, that is, a doctor. His duty is to teach Confucian classics. Although when he was a doctor, Kong Guang had a very profound knowledge and unique theory. When Kong Guanggang was appointed as Shangshu, he was not familiar with the work scope of Shangshu, nor did he know much about the various procedures and practices of the internal affairs of the imperial court. As for Juck Zhang's ancient books and legal system, Kong Guang can't have a comprehensive understanding. But Kong Guang knows that if he can't be fully familiar with the workflow in the fastest time, how can he be competent for the work of Shangshu? So in just a few years, Kong Guang worked very hard, delved into his business, and made persistent and in-depth research on various systems and laws.
The world often says, "Do what you do, love what you do, and be good at what you do." Kong Guang is the most appropriate description. It was because of Kong Guang's persistence, hard work, diligence and Excellence that he won the trust and love of the emperor and was later promoted to servant minister. Kong Tong served twice as an imperial minister and prime minister, and once as a great Stuart, a teacher and a teacher. After three generations of emperors, Kong Tong was the highest assistant minister. His noble character and justice have been widely praised. He often explained his sense of honor to his students, and in the end many of them learned something and became doctors. Wang Zeng sent an imperial edict to Kong Guang, who was virtuous and proficient in moral studies.
Through Kong Guang's achievements, we can know that Kong Guang was another great Confucian scholar and politician after respecting Confucianism in Han Dynasty.
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As a rare wise politician in the late Western Han Dynasty, Kong Guang was also quite wise in history. The following comments Kong Guang.
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First of all, politically speaking, Kong Guang is a capable minister. He has been familiar with history books for a long time and is responsible for formulating laws and regulations. He is known as a fine and peaceful judge. During the prime minister's term
Secondly, Kong Guang's conduct has been discussed in history. The late king called Kong Guang a sage of Kong, whose virtue was pure but his way was different. However, more historians believe that Kong Guang contributed to the submission of Wang Mang's regime and his tyranny. Some people even think that scholars like Kong Guang have lost the integrity of scholars in order to maintain their titles.
However, on the whole, Kong Guang 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 also did a good job. Throughout Kong Guang's life, although his political career was ups and downs, he faithfully carried out missionary work. He has taught many excellent students. Some students became doctors, others became doctors. It has made positive contributions 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 on some issues.
Kong Guang's life story
As a historical celebrity, Kong Guang's life story, bearing the glory of the Confucius family, has aroused the curiosity of many Confucian researchers.
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As the successor of Confucianism, Kong Guang has great interest in official career. However, due to the decline of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang was in a state of chaos. Hole in the heart more and more afraid. He knew that follwed was an adulterer, but he dared not resist. Wang Mang knew that Kong Guang was the prime minister of the previous dynasty and had high honor and prestige. So Kong Guang has to draft documents for everything. With the king's will, Kong Guang's hand was used to catch all those who hindered the development of the Wang family. Kong Guang also indirectly became an accomplice of follwed. Kong Guang is very worried about this. He wants to carry forward 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 a lot of rewards, praising Kong Guang for being virtuous and virtuous. Seeing this, Kong was even more afraid. He was afraid that he and Wang Mang would be tied together and become sinners 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 disciples are virtuous, and some even become officials in government agencies. Some students saw that Kong Guang was highly valued by the imperial court and wanted to enter the official career through Kong Guang's recommendation, thus going up a storey still higher. However, Kong Guang refused. He believes that being an official should test a person's ability, and what a person can teach is only some books. As for whether you can enter the official career, it depends entirely on your own ability. We can see Kong Guang's fairness and justice from this incident.