Gongsun Kang

The Liaodong Peninsula (light green) under the rule of the Gongsun family (190–238). The hatched area marks the family's sphere of influence from 204 onwards.

Chinese name
Traditional :	公孫 康
Simplified :	公孫 康
Pinyin :	Gōngsūn Kāng
Wade-Giles :	Kungsun Kang
Korean name
korean alphabet :	공손강
Chinese characters :	公孫 康
Revised Romanization :	Gongson Gang
McCune-Reischauer :	Kongson Kang

Gongsun Kang († 221 ) was a Chinese warlord in Liaodong and northwestern Korea .

He was a son of Gongsun Du , the governor of Liaodong. After his death, Gongsun Kang took over the command offices of Xuantu and Lelang in 204 . Nominally, he was subordinate to Cao Cao , but he kept his territory semi-independent. In 207 he killed Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi , the last descendants of Yuan Shao, for him .

He defeated Sansang , the king of Goguryeo , and forced him to relocate his capital. Then in 204 he formed the Daifang headquarters from the southern half of Lelang in order to streamline the administration. In military expeditions he subjugated the peoples of southern Korea.

When he died in 221, his younger brother Gongsun Gong followed him because Kang's children were too young. In 228, Kang's son Gongsun Yuan took over the rule.