公孙敬声 / Gongsun Jingsheng (Western Han)

Overview

公孙敬声 / Gongsun Jingsheng enters the wiki through Hanji 383-2 as 公孙贺’s son and the immediate trigger of the Gongsun family disaster before the 巫蛊之祸 escalates toward 卫太子刘据.

Current Profile

The page is currently source-scoped to Hanji 383-2. The episode says Han Wudi gives Gongsun Jingsheng the taipu post after Gongsun He becomes chancellor, but Gongsun Jingsheng then embezzles a large North Army military fund. Gongsun He tries to save him by capturing 朱安世, only for Zhu to retaliate with accusations of adultery with Yangshi Princess and wugu cursing against 汉武帝.

The source’s synthesis is not that Gongsun Jingsheng alone causes the Wugu crisis. It is narrower: his office misuse creates the opening for a desperate rescue bargain, and the retaliatory wugu accusation against him becomes a pre-open-conflict branch of the larger Wugu disaster.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han high-office son whose taipu appointment comes through his father’s chancellor-era favor.
• Accused embezzler of North Army funds, making his offense military-political rather than only private corruption.
• Object of Gongsun He’s attempted rescue bargain with Han Wudi.
• Target of Zhu Anshi’s retaliatory accusations involving Yangshi Princess and wugu cursing.
• Early Wugu-case defendant whose fall destroys his father and clan before the later Liu Ju crisis.

Evidence

• Office and offense: Hanji 383-2 says Han Wudi grants him the taipu post and he later embezzles North Army funds.
• Rescue bargain: Hanji 383-2 says Gongsun He tries to exchange Zhu Anshi’s capture for his son’s pardon.
• Wugu accusation: Hanji 383-2 says Zhu Anshi accuses him of adultery with Yangshi Princess and burying a curse object against Han Wudi.

Qualifications

This page is not a full biography of Gongsun Jingsheng. It preserves Hanji 383-2’s compact account and does not independently verify the amount of the embezzlement, the full taipu office record, Yangshi Princess’s role, or the legal evidentiary status of the wooden figure.

What Changed

• Created from Hanji 383-2 as the son whose corruption case opens the Gongsun family’s path into the Wugu accusation system.

Relationships

• 公孙贺 / Gongsun He (Western Han) - father whose rescue attempt turns Gongsun Jingsheng’s case into a family catastrophe.
• 朱安世 / Zhu Anshi (Western Han) - wanted outlaw whose retaliatory accusation destroys the Gongsun side.
• Emperor Wu of Han / 汉武帝 - ruler allegedly cursed in the wugu accusation and judge of the pardon bargain.
• 巫蛊之祸 / Wugu Incident (Western Han) - broader crisis for which Gongsun Jingsheng is an early defendant.
• Wugu Political Panic / 巫蛊政治恐慌 - accusation mechanism that makes hidden curse claims politically lethal.