Life

Little is recorded about Kong Zhou in history. He was from Chenliu Commandery, which is around present-day Kaifeng, Henan. The official Zheng Tai once mentioned that Kong Zhou excelled in qingtan (the philosophical repartee popular among the literati at the time) but lacked military leadership. In the 160s, Fu Rong (符融) recommended Kong Zhou as a talent to Feng Dai, the Administrator of Chenliu Commandery, who then appointed Kong Zhou as a Reporting Officer.

Around 189, Dong Zhuo, the warlord who controlled the Han central government, appointed Kong Zhou as the Inspector (刺史) of Yu Province. In 190, Kong Zhou turned against Dong Zhuo and joined a coalition of warlords from the east of Hangu Pass in a military campaign to eliminate Dong Zhuo and free the central government from his control. However, he died not long later within the same year. After his death, another warlord Yuan Shu nominated Sun Jian to be the new Inspector of Yu Province.

生平

《英雄記》說孔伷能「清談高論，噓枯吹生。」鄭泰評孔伷「並無軍旅之才，執銳之幹。」

中平六年(189年)，孔伷被董卓任命為豫州刺史，同時也是起兵討董卓的地方勢力之一，與陳國相許瑒合兵討伐董卓，屯兵潁川。許瑒族弟許靖，因曾向董卓舉薦孔伷等人，因而逃出洛陽，到豫州投靠孔伷。

初平元年(190年)，袁術表孫堅代替孔伷領豫州刺史，孫堅屯兵魯陽，率豫州諸郡兵北上，屯兵梁東。董卓軍徐榮、李蒙攻之，孫堅兵敗與數十騎潰逃，豫州兵為董卓軍所俘，穎川太守李昊、張安(身份不詳)，於洛陽城西畢圭苑中被生烹，二人臨入鼎，相謂曰：「不同日生，而同日烹。」此外，《董卓傳》裴注引《獻帝紀》載，袁紹任命的豫州從事李延，亦為董卓軍所俘獲，煮之。

孔伷或在190年底病死或戰死，因此袁術表孫堅為豫州刺史代替孔伷領豫州諸郡兵。

豫州軍陣營

• 劉寵，陳王，在關東諸侯興義兵伐董卓時，劉寵率領軍隊屯駐在陽夏，自稱「輔漢大將軍」，討伐國賊董卓。

• 許瑒，許靖族兄，陳國相。與孔伷合兵討伐董卓。

• 徐璆，汝南太守。

　• 許劭，汝南功曹。

• 許靖，周毖和許靖舉薦了孔伷、韓馥、張邈等人，後來韓馥等攻打董卓，董卓於是殺了周毖，許靖擔心被殺，投靠豫州刺史孔伷。

• 李旻，穎川太守。孫堅代替孔伷領豫州兵北上，死於梁東之戰。

　• 張安，官職身份不詳，與李旻同時被董卓軍烹殺。

• 李延，袁紹所任命的豫州從事，為董卓軍烹殺。

流行文化

在《三國演義》第五回中，孔伷為討伐董卓的十八路諸侯中的第三鎮。

評價

• 鄭泰：「孔公緒，清淡高論，噓枯吹生，並無軍旅之才，執銳之幹。」（《後漢書·卷七十·鄭孔荀列傳第六十》）

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