Kong Rong, a native of Lu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, was also the twentieth grandson of Confucius. He has adhered to the Confucian family since he was a child, gave pears to his brother at the age of 4, began to speak out at the age of 10, and became an adult who is famous for his outspokenness.
Kong Rong's family is a family of Confucian eunuchs, and his father Kong Zhou was an official to the governor of Mount Tai. He showed great wisdom from an early age, and at the age of 4 he became famous for making pears, and at the age of 10 he was able to go out alone to visit celebrities and scholars, and dared to point out inconsistencies publicly. His wit and cleverness have attracted attention, but some have criticized him for being smart when he was a child, and he may not be smart when he grows up. In this regard, Kong Rong countered and said, then you must have been very smart when you were a child.
When he was 16 years old, Kong Rong took in his brother Kong Bao's friend Zhang Jian privately, and later the matter was revealed, and Kong Rong and Kong Bao were arrested. Kong Bao did not blame his younger brother, but took the blame on himself. Kong Rong resolutely said that people are left by me, and the sin is mine. In the end, the whole family rushed to die, and the imperial court issued an edict convicting Kong Bao of the crime. Kong Rong is famous all over the world.
When he became an adult, Kong Rong was favored by Situ Yangci and was recruited as Situ Mansion, responsible for supervising the corruption of hundreds of officials. At that time, the Eastern Han Dynasty was dark and the eunuchs were in power, but Kong Rong dared to attack the eunuchs' relatives. In 184 AD, Kong Rong was dissatisfied with He Jin's work as a doorman, so he took back his business card and left. He Jin was so angry that he wanted to kill Kong Rong, but after hearing about Kong Rong's fame, he decided to recruit him into his shogunate. But Kong Rong's personality made He Jin unaccustomed to it, so he recommended him to the Chengmen in the imperial history. In the end, Kong Rong entered Sikong Mansion.
When Dong Zhuo was in charge of the government, he also promoted Kong Rong to the rank of Tiger Ben Zhonglang General. But Kong Rong and Dong Zhuo were against each other, and even openly opposed Dong Zhuo's abolition of Emperor Shao of the Han Dynasty and the establishment of a new monarch in the court. Dong Zhuo couldn't deal with Kong Rong, so he transferred him to Beihai State, where the Yellow Turban Army was rampant, as the state minister. After Kong Rong took office, he built a school, cared for the elderly, weak, women and children, gathered troops to talk about martial arts, contacted surrounding counties and counties, jointly resisted the Yellow Turban Army, and governed Beihai well, so it was called Beihai fear.
However, after all, he was a literati and was not good at fighting, and was soon besieged by the Yellow Turban Army. In order to repay his kindness, Tai Shici broke through the siege single-handedly and went out of the city to help him ask Liu Bei for help, and the siege was lifted.
In 196 AD, Cao Cao took Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to move the capital to Xu, and once again recruited Kong Rong into the court as an official. Kong Rong has always despised Cao Cao and often ridiculed Cao Cao. After Cao Cao captured Yecheng, Cao Pi took Yuan Xi's wife as a concubine, and Kong Rong took advantage of the topic to write to Cao Cao to make up a story and ridicule Cao Cao. Cao Cao issued an order to enter the wine, and Kong Rong wrote again, saying, why don't you kill even women? Such behavior made Cao Cao unbearable.
In 208 AD, Kong Rong was executed on charges of great treachery, and his family was connected to him at the age of 56. Although Cao Cao hated Kong Rong, Cao Pi admired Kong Rong's talent very much. After Kong Rong's death, Cao Pi also ordered a reward for his articles, and listed him as the seventh son of Jian'an, along with six literary scholars, Wang Can, Chen Lin, Xu Gan, Ruan Yu, Ying Yang, and Liu Zhen.