Chen Jian (陳建) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Chen Jian as a general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 11 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Chen Jian	陳建	Chen Jian
Surname	Chen	陳	Chen
Personal name	Chen Jian	陳建	Chen Jian
Given name	Jian	建	Jian

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · weishu:039:s0001

Roles

General
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太和九年 · Western Year: AD 485
Explicit · weishu:039:s0122

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 世祖討山胡 · Western Interval: Start: AD 424 · End: AD 452
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:039:s0090
Source Date: Text: 太和九年 · Western Year: AD 485
Explicit · weishu:039:s0122

Family

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Descendant of Chen Hun (陳渾)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson
Child of Chen Yang (陳陽)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Chen Nian (陳念)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Spouse of Wife of Chen Jian
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife

Career and standing

Label: governor of You Province / 幽州刺史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · weishu:039:s0095
Label: Grand Minister of Education / 司徒 · Action: appointed
Explicit · weishu:039:s0120
Label: third-grade guard / 三郎 · Action: appointed
Explicit · weishu:039:s0088
Label: Vice Director of the Right Secretariat / 尚書右僕射 · Action: appointed
Explicit · weishu:039:s0097
Title: Duke of Zhao commandery / 趙郡公 · Action: advanced
Explicit · weishu:039:s0097
Title: Prince of Wei commandery / 魏郡王 · Action: advanced
Explicit · weishu:039:s0120
Title: Marquis of Fucheng / 阜城侯 · Action: granted
Explicit · weishu:039:s0094
Status: corporal-punishment · Action: beaten · Detail: fifty staff strokes
Explicit · weishu:039:s0096

Places and affiliations

Label: Northern Wei / 魏 · Relation: served
Explicit · weishu:039:s0088
Place: Dai / 代
Explicit · weishu:039:s0085

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Co Authors: Yuan Xiande (元仙德), Mu Liang (穆亮), Lu Rui (陸叡)
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: bodyguard · Action: shielded-emperor · Other Person Id: Emperor Taiwu of Wei (魏太武皇帝) · Counterpart: Hu Bailong (白龍)
Explicit · weishu:039:s0090, weishu:039:s0091, weishu:039:s0092, weishu:039:s0093

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: greedy, cruel, and weak · Provenance: Mode: named-person · Source Person Id: Emperor Gaozong (高宗)
Explicit · weishu:039:s0096
Assessment: sincere loyalty in peril · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · weishu:039:s0162, weishu:039:s0163

References in the histories

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Book of Wei, Chapter 39Volume 34: Wang Luo Er, Che Lutou, Lu Luyuan, Chen Jian, Wan Anguo · 11 passages

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王洛兒車路頭盧魯元陳建萬安國 Wang Luoer, Che Lutou, Lu Luyuan, Chen Jian, and Wan Anguo

陳建，代人也。 Chen Jian was a native of Dai.

建以善騎射，擢為三郎。 For his skill in horsemanship and archery, Jian was promoted to the rank of third-grade guard.

建以身捍賊，大呼奮擊，殺賊數人，身被十餘創。 Jian shielded the emperor with his own body, shouting as he fought fiercely, killed several of the enemy, and took more than ten wounds himself.

高宗初，賜爵阜城侯，加冠軍將軍。 At the beginning of Emperor Gaozong's reign he was enfeoffed as Marquis of Fucheng and appointed Champion General.

高宗以建貪暴懦弱，遣使就州罰杖五十。 Because Jian was greedy, cruel, and weak in character, Emperor Gaozong sent an envoy to his province to have him beaten with fifty strokes of the staff.

高祖初，徵為尚書右僕射，加侍中，進爵趙郡公。 At the beginning of Emperor Xiaowen's reign he was recalled as Vice Director of the Right Secretariat, appointed Palace Attendant, and raised to Duke of Zhao commandery.

建與侍中尚書、晉陽侯元仙德，殿中尚書、長樂王穆亮，比部尚書、平原王陸叡密表曰：[2]「皇天輔德，命集大魏。 Jian joined with Palace Attendant and Secretariat Director Yuan Xiande, Marquis of Jinyang, Director of Palace Affairs Prince Changhe Mu Liang, and Director of Justice Prince Pingyuan Lu Rui in a secret memorial that read: [2] "High Heaven assists the virtuous, and the mandate has settled upon Great Wei.

遷司徒、征西大將軍，進爵魏郡王。 Jian was promoted to Grand Minister of Education and General Who Campaigns West, and raised to Prince of Wei commandery.

高祖與文明太后頻幸建第，賜建妻宴於後庭。 Emperor Xiaowen and Empress Dowager Wenming often visited Jian's mansion, and the empress dowager granted banquets for Jian's wife in the rear palace.

史臣曰：王洛兒、車路頭、盧魯元、陳建，咸以誠至發衷，竭節危難，苟非志烈過人，亦何能以若此！ The historian writes: Wang Luoer, Che Lutou, Lu Luyuan, and Chen Jian all acted from sincere devotion of heart and gave their utmost loyalty in times of peril; had they not possessed resolution surpassing ordinary men, how could they have done as they did!