Kong Rong (onyomi: Kō Yū) is a politician, scholar, and minor warlord of the late Han period of Chinese history. As he was once the chancellor of Beihai Commandery, he is also known as Kong Beihai (孔北海). For being a political opponent of Cao Cao and humiliating him on multiple occasions, Kong Rong was eventually put to death on various charges.