Kong Anguo

In this Chinese name, the family name is Kong.

Kong Anguo
Yuan dynasty portrait.
Born	ca. 156 BC
Died	ca. 74 BC
Other name	Kong Ziguo
Occupations	Classicist, philosopher, politician
Academic background
Influences	Fu Sheng Shen Pei
Academic work
Era	Ancient philosophy
School or tradition	Confucianism
Main interests	Shangshu
Notable works	Shangshu Kongshi Zhuan
Influenced	Sima Qian

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

Kong Anguo (Chinese: 孔安國; Wade–Giles: K'ung An-kuo; ca. 156 – ca. 74 BC), 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. His work was lost, but a debated fourth-century forgery was officially recognized as a Confucian classic for over a millennium.