Gongsun Gong

Gongsun Gong ( Chinese 公孫恭 ) was a Chinese warlord , the younger son of the warlord Gongsun Du of Liaodong and the younger brother of the Chinese warlord Gongsun Kang .

After his death in 220 AD, he took over the successor for his underage nephews. He was appointed general and marquis by the Chinese emperor Cao Pi . His nephew Gongsun Yuan overthrew him in 228, but he was still alive when the empire fell in 238 AD.

Mention in the literature

In the fictional book History of the Three Realms it is reported that Gongsun Gong advised his brother Gongsun Kang to murder Yuan Shao's sons Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, to offer their heads to Cao Cao in a chest, and then to receive his thanks.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Rafe de Crespigny : A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2007, p. 267 ( Google Books ).
↑ Guanzhong Luo, Moss Roberts: San Guo Yan Yi Three Kingdoms ("The Story of the Three Kingdoms"). University of California Press, Berkeley / Los Angeles 2004, p. 259 ( Google Books ).

personal data
SURNAME	Gongsun Gong
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	公孫恭 (Japanese); 공손 공 (Korean)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Chinese ruler (Liaodong)
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century or 3rd century
DATE OF DEATH	3rd century

[ABD-1] A ^b Rafe de Crespigny : A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2007, p. 267 ( Google Books ).

[2] Guanzhong Luo, Moss Roberts: San Guo Yan Yi Three Kingdoms ("The Story of the Three Kingdoms"). University of California Press, Berkeley / Los Angeles 2004, p. 259 ( Google Books ).