Kong Anguo

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.

[2] He studied the Classic of Poetry and Shangshu (Book of Documents) from the famous Confucian scholars Shen Pei and Fu Sheng.

[3] According to tradition, the local ruler Prince Gong of Lu demolished a building of the Kong family complex in the process of enlarging his palace, and some ancient texts were discovered hidden in a wall, including Shangshu.

[5] In the early fourth century, during the Eastern Jin dynasty, a purported copy of Kong's work suddenly reemerged.

Scholar Mei Ze submitted a copy of the Old Text Shangshu to Emperor Yuan of Jin, along with a preface supposedly written by Kong Anguo.

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