A famous Confucian scholar of the late Qin Dynasty and the eighth-generation descendant of 孔子 kǒng​zǐ. He is best known for hiding classic texts like the 论语 lún​yǔ inside the walls of his ancestral home to save them from the burning of books under the Qin emperor. He later served as a scholar and tutor to the rebel leader 陈胜 chén​shèng.