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Kong Anguo

Chinese scholar and historian during the Han dynasty, responsible for editing the Book of Documents · Academics · Lived 156 BC to 74 BC · aged 82

Kong Anguo, 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.

Kong Anguo is read about 24 times a day, in 11 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 23 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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His work was lost, but a debated fourth-century forgery was officially recognized as a Confucian classic for over a millennium.

Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 156 BC to 74 BC · aged 82