Qin and Han · Chancellor and Official

Bing Ji 邴吉

Bǐng Jí

Attested BC 74 - BC 48

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Bing Ji was a Chancellor and Official.

Life and dates

Death

Cause illness while chancellor 以丞相病死
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 197

Attested activity

BC 74 to BC 48 孝宣承統
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passages 285-286
BC 59 to BC 55 邴吉…因為丞相
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 192, 195

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Bing Xian (丙顯)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 198

Key source chapters

Career and standing

general or chief minister 將相
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 286
Chancellor 丞相
BC 55 孝宣帝時 · Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 195
Censor Grand Master 御史大夫
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 192, 194
ranked marquis 列侯
BC 55 孝宣帝時 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 195

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 195
Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passages 285-286
At state of Lu 魯國
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 193

Learning and skills

scholarship and fondness for laws 讀書好法令
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 194

Events and relationships

Served among generals and chief ministers
Career · Minister · Mode quotation Speaker Ban Gu (班固)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 286
Relation Successor of · Person Wei Xiang (魏相)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 192
Relation Predecessor of · Person Chancellor Huang (黃丞相)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 201

Assessments and attributes

Assessment had notable achievements recorded in later accounts · Mode quotation Speaker Ban Gu (班固)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 286
Assessment perceptive and of great wisdom; praised by later generations · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 196

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 286

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 96Biography of Chancellor Zhang · 4 passages

魏丞相卒，以御史大夫邴吉代。 After Chancellor Wei died, Censor Grand Master Bing Ji was appointed to succeed him.

邴丞相吉者，魯國人也。 Chancellor Bing Ji was a native of the state of Lu.

邴丞相卒，黃丞相代。 When Chancellor Bing died, Chancellor Huang succeeded him.

長安中有善相工田文者，與韋丞相、魏丞相、邴丞相微賤時會於客家，田文言曰：「今此三君者，皆丞相也。」 In Chang'an there was a skilled physiognomist named Tian Wen. When Chancellor Wei Xian, Chancellor Wei Xiang, and Chancellor Bing Ji were still humble, he met them at a guest's house and said, "These three gentlemen will all become chancellors."

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu · 1 passage

將相則張安世、趙充國、魏相、邴吉、于定國、杜延年，治民則黃霸、王成、龔遂、鄭弘、邵信臣、韓延壽、尹翁歸、趙廣漢之屬，皆有功跡見述於後。 Among the generals and chief ministers were Zhang Anshi, Zhao Chongguo, Wei Xiang, Bing Ji, Yu Dingguo, and Du Yannian. Among those skilled in governing the people were Huang Ba, Wang Cheng, Gong Sui, Zheng Hong, Shao Xinchen, Han Yanshou, Yin Wenggui, Zhao Guanghan, and others. All had notable achievements recorded in later accounts.