Kong Anguo

Kong Anguo
Bornca. 156 BC
Diedca. 74 BC
Other namesKong Ziguo
Occupation(s)Classicist, philosopher, politician
Academic background
InfluencesFu Sheng
Shen Pei
Academic work
EraAncient philosophy
School or traditionConfucianism
Main interestsShangshu
Notable worksShangshu Kongshi Zhuan
InfluencedSima Qian
Fragment from the manuscript of Lunyu, text by Kong Anguo with commentary by Zheng Xuan. This fragmentary manuscript has been found at Mogao Caves. It is dated era Longji, 2nd year (i.e. 890 CE), but it could be copied in the middle of the 8th century. Bibliothèque nationale de France

Kong Anguo (Chinese: 孔安國; Wade–Giles: K'ung An-kuo; ca. 156 – ca. 74 BC),[1] courtesy name Ziguo (子國), Kong Anguo was a Chinese classicist, philosopher, and politician of the Western Han dynasty of ancient China. A descendant of Confucius, he wrote the Shangshu Kongshi Zhuan, a compilation and commentary of the "Old Text" Shangshu. His work was lost, but a debated fourth-century forgery was officially recognized as a Confucian classic for over a millennium.

  1. ^ Declercq 1998, p. 169.

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