Kong Rong's life story

Kong Rong's life story: Kong Rong was a writer and official in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He is the twentieth grandson of Confucius and the son of Kong Zhou, the captain of Mount Tai. When he was a teenager, he had outstanding talent and was praised by the famous Mars.

When Emperor Xian of Han acceded to the throne, Kong Rong was appointed as the commander of the Northern Army, the samurai corps commander and the Beihai phase, which was called Kong Beihai. During his six years in office, he built a city, founded a school, promoted talents and showed Confucianism. He was recommended by Liu Bei to lead Qingzhou secretariat. Later, Yuan Tan attacked Beihai, and Kong Rong fought fiercely with it for several months, and finally fled to Shandong. Soon after, he was recruited by the court, moved to Shaofu and served as a doctor in Taizhong.

Kong Rong is a good guest, likes to discuss current affairs, and his words are fierce, but he was killed by Cao Cao because he angered him. His works include poems, ode, questions, discussions, six characters, essays, tables, orders, secrets, etc., but most of them have been lost, with only eight left.

Main influence

Kong Rong's articles mainly focus on discussion, the content of which is generally to spread enlightenment, publicize benevolent policies, recommend talents, comment on people, and express his views on current politics, with sharp edges and distinctive personality. In art, the finishing words are elegant and rich, citing the past and discussing the present, with exquisite metaphors and abundant momentum. The existing works are only prose and poetry, and Kong Rong's prose is characterized by sharp and humorous writing.

On the whole, his prose pays attention to the beauty and symmetry of words, and has a strong atmosphere of lovers, which is what distinguishes Kong Rong from other writers of the same period. At the same time, people also pointed out that his articles "exquisite writing style" and "straightforward writing style, vivid with qi" ("Lectures on the History of Liu Medieval Literature") reflected the literary creation in the Jian 'an period. Compared with prose, Kong Rong's poetry is inferior.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Kong Rong