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Kong Yingda
Scholar from Hengshui in Jizhou who compiled the Correct Meaning of the Five Classics at Emperor Taizong's order and served as Director of the Imperial Academy.
A thatched pavilion open on three sides stands among tall bamboo; one person sits with their back turned at the veranda rail beside a zither and a stack of bamboo slips, while a stone path runs to a calm pond reflecting clouds and distant hills.
Also known as Zi Chongyuan · Zi Zhongda
Kong Yingda (574–648), courtesy name Chongyuan, came from Hengshui in Jizhou and was a descendant of Confucius. In the Daye years of the Sui he served as an Erudite of Henei Commandery and an Assistant Instructor at the Imperial Academy. Under the Tang he became Director of the Imperial Academy and is counted among the Eighteen Scholars. Emperor Taizong ordered him to compile the Correct Meaning of the Five Classics. He died in 648 and received the posthumous name Xian; his stele is kept at the Zhaoling Museum.
Life and times
- 574Born
Northern and Southern
Sui
Tang - 648Died