孔褒 / Kong Bao (late Han)

Overview

Kong Bao is the late-Han Kong-family figure whose friendship with 张俭 turns his household into a refuge during the 169 CE party-prohibition danger.

Current Profile

The page’s current evidence is narrow but central. Kong Bao is absent when Zhang Jian arrives, yet the fugitive comes because of their friendship; once the case is exposed, Kong Bao claims the guilt should fall on him rather than on his younger brother 孔融. The court ultimately accepts that line and executes Kong Bao, making him the member whose death closes the family’s competing responsibility claims.

Key Characteristics

• Friend and intended host of Zhang Jian during party-prohibition flight.
• Absent household head whose relationship still defines why Zhang Jian comes to the Kong home.
• Protective elder brother who argues that Kong Rong should not bear the charge for sheltering his friend.
• Executed figure whose death becomes the political cost behind Kong Rong’s later reputation.

Evidence

• Intended refuge: Hanji 895 says Zhang Jian goes to the home of his long-time friend Kong Bao.
• Responsibility claim: Hanji 895 has Kong Bao argue that Zhang came for him, so the guilt belongs to him rather than Kong Rong.
• Punishment outcome: Hanji 895 records the final order assigning capital punishment to Kong Bao.

Qualifications

This is a source-scoped profile rather than a complete biography. The raw note renders the name as 孔包; this page normalizes the late-Han figure as 孔褒 and treats the spelling issue as a transcript variant.

What Changed

• Initial page created from Hanji 895’s Kong-family responsibility case.

Relationships

• 张俭 - friend whose flight makes Kong Bao’s household politically exposed.
• 孔融 - younger brother whose sheltering decision Kong Bao tries to absorb into his own responsibility.
• 孔融母 - mother who joins the family’s competing claims to bear guilt.
• 收留逃亡者的牵连风险 - concept illustrated by friendship becoming household liability.
• 忠义牵连困境 - broader ethical bind around responsibility displaced onto kin and hosts.