A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/K'ung Jung
1046 K'ung Jung 孔融 (T. 文舉). Died A.D. 208, A descendant of Confucius in the 20th degree, and a most precocious child. At ten years of age he went with his father to Lo-yang, where Li Ying was at the height of his reputation. Unable, from the press of visitors, to gain admission, he told the doorkeeper to inform Li Ying that he was a connection, and thus succeeded in getting in. When Li Ying asked him what the connection was, he replied, "My ancestor Confucius and your ancestor Lao Tzŭ were friends engaged in the quest for Truth, so that you and I may be said to be of the same family." Li Ying was astonished, but 陳韙 Ch'ên Wei said, "Cleverness in youth does not mean brilliancy in later life;" upon which K'ung Jung remarked, "You, sir, most evidently have been very clever as a boy." Entering official life, he rose to be Governor of 北海 Po-hai in Shantung; but he incurred the displeasure of the great Ts'ao Ts'ao and was put to death with all his family (see Chih Hsi). He was one of the Seven Scholars of the Chien-an period (see Hsü Kan), an open-hearted man, and fond of good company. "If my halls are full of guests," he would say, "and my bottles full of wine, I am happy."