Qin and Han · Rebel

Chen Xi 陳豨

Died BC 196

Passages: 38
Chapters: 14
Histories: 2

Overview

The translated histories identify Chen Xi as an envoy, general, military officer, and named individual. This record brings together 38 passages from 14 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Chen Xi	陳豨	Chen Xi
Title	Chancellor of Dai	代相國	Dai Xiangguo
Surname	Chen	陳	Chen
Personal name	Chen Xi	陳豨	Chen Xi
Personal	Chen Xi	陳豨	Chén Xī
Personal name	Chen Xi	陳豨	Chén Xī
Personal	Chen Xi	陳豨
Given	Xi	豨	Xi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:048:s0219, shiji:054:s0076, shiji:057:s0066, shiji:090:s0084, shiji:098:s0014, shiji:104:s0007
Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:051:s0069, shiji:051:s0022, shiji:053:s0060

Roles

Envoy
General
Military Officer
Named Individual
Official
Rebel

Life and dates

Death

Manner: beheaded by Zhou Bo's forces · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 擊豨靈丘 · Western Year: BC 196
Explicit · shiji:057:s0072
Text: 斬陳豨於當城
Explicit · hanshu:002:s0301

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 十年秋 · Western Year: BC 197
Explicit · shiji:090:s0084
Source Date: Text: 擊陳豨 · Western Interval: Start: BC 197 · End: BC 196
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:057:s0066
Source Date: Text: 擊陳豨 · Western Year: BC 196
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:098:s0014, shiji:098:s0063
Source Date: Text: 擊陳豨將 · Western Year: BC 197
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:054:s0076
Source Date: Text: 漢七年 · Western Year: BC 200
Explicit · shiji:104:s0007
Source Date: Text: 漢初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 209 · End: BC 141
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:051:s0069
Source Date: Text: 漢十一年 · Western Year: BC 196
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:053:s0060
Source Date: Text: 高帝十一年 · Western Year: BC 196
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:051:s0022

Career and standing

Text: 代相國
Explicit · hanshu:002:s0206
Title: Chancellor of Dai / 代相
Explicit · hanshu:104:s0014

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: rebelled in Dai
Explicit · shiji:104:s0007
Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: rebelled · Place: Dai / 代地 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十年秋 · Western Year: BC 197
Explicit · shiji:090:s0084
Kind: rebellion · Role: leader · Action: rebelled · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢十一年 · Western Year: BC 196
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:053:s0060

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 2Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 2 · 13 passages

九月，代相國陳豨反。 In the ninth month, Dai prime minister Chen Xi rebelled.

上曰：「豨嘗為吾使，甚有信。 The emperor said: "Xi once served as my envoy and was very trustworthy.

代地吾所急，故封豨為列侯，以相國守代，今乃與王黃等劫掠代地！ Dai territory is what concerns me urgently, so I enfeoffed Xi as a ranked marquis and had him guard Dai as Chancellor. Now he has joined Wang Huang and others in plundering Dai territory!

吏民非有罪也，能去豨、黃來歸者，皆赦之。」 Officials and people have no crime. Those who can leave Xi and Huang and return will all be pardoned."

上喜曰：「豨不南據邯鄲而阻漳水，吾知其亡能為矣。」 The emperor was pleased and said: "Xi has not gone south to occupy Handan and block the Zhang River. I know he is incapable of doing anything."

陳豨反，趙代地皆豨有。 Chen Xi has rebelled. Zhao and Dai territories are all Xi's.

問豨將，皆故賈人。 He questioned Xi's generals. They were all former merchants.

乃多以金購豨將，豨將多降。 So he used much gold to buy Xi's generals. Xi's generals mostly surrendered.

豨將侯敞將萬餘人游行，王黃將騎千餘軍曲逆，張春將卒萬餘人度河攻聊城。 Xi's general Hou Chang led more than ten thousand men in roaming operations, Wang Huang led more than a thousand cavalry to camp at Quni, and Zhang Chun led more than ten thousand soldiers across the river to attack Liaocheng.

豨將趙利守東垣，高祖攻之不下。 Xi's general Zhao Li defended Dongyuan. Gaozu attacked but could not take it.

周勃定代，斬陳豨於當城。 Zhou Bo pacified Dai and beheaded Chen Xi at Dangcheng.

陳豨降將言豨反時燕王盧綰使人之豨所陰謀。 Chen Xi's surrendering generals said that when Xi rebelled, King Yan Lu Wan sent people to Xi's place with secret plots.

詔曰：「燕王綰與吾有故，愛之如子，聞與陳豨有謀，吾以為亡有，故使人迎綰。 The edict said: "King Lu Wan of Yan has old ties with me. I loved him like a son. When I heard that he had plotted with Chen Xi, I thought there was nothing to it, and so I sent people to welcome Lu Wan.

Book of Han, Chapter 5Volume 4: Annals of Emperor Wen · 1 passage

高祖十一年，誅陳豨，定代地，立為代王，都中都。 In the eleventh year of Emperor Gaozu's reign, after executing Chen Xi and pacifying the Dai region, he was established as King of Dai with his capital at Zhongdu.

Book of Han, Chapter 42Volume 33: Wei Bao, Tian Dan and Hán Xin (King of Han) · 1 passage

信為匈奴將兵往來擊邊，令王黃等說誤陳豨。 As a Xiongnu commander, Xin kept raiding the border and had Wang Huang and others mislead Chen Xi into rebellion.

Book of Han, Chapter 44Volume 35: Princes of Jing, Yan and Wu · 1 passage

十一年，以將軍擊陳豨將王黃，封為營陵侯。 In the eleventh year he campaigned as a general against Wang Huang, one of Chen Xi’s officers, and received the marquisate of Yingling.

Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 4 passages

陳豨反，上自將，至邯鄲。 When Chen Xi rose in revolt, the Sovereign took the field in person and marched to Handan.

曰：「為上在軍，拊循勉百姓，悉所有佐軍，如陳豨時。」 The reply was, “Since the Sovereign is with the army, I am comforting and encouraging the people and devoting everything I have to support the campaign, just as I did during the affair of Chen Xi.”

且陛下距楚數歲，陳豨、黥布反時，陛下自將往，當是時相國守關中，關中搖足則關西非陛下有也。 For years you faced Chu in the field; when Chen Xi and Qing Bu rose, you marched yourself—while the minister of state held Guanzhong. Had that heartland wavered, nothing west of the passes would still be yours.

參以齊相國擊陳豨將張春，破之。 As Qi’s minister of state Cao Shen defeated Chen Xi’s general Zhang Chun.

Book of Han, Chapter 51Volume 42: Zhang, Zhou, Zhao, Ren and Shentu · 2 passages

堯亦前有軍功食邑，及以御史大夫從擊陳豨有功，封為江邑侯。 Zhao Yao already held a fief for earlier military service; as imperial counsellor he campaigned against Chen Xi with distinction and was enfeoffed as marquis of Jiangyi.

陳豨反，敖堅守，封為廣阿侯，食邑千八百戶。 When Chen Xi rebelled, Ren Ao held his post steadfastly and was enfeoffed as marquis of Guang'a with eighteen hundred households.

Book of Han, Chapter 104Volume 92: Youxias · 1 passage

是故代相陳豨從車千乘，而吳濞、淮南皆招賓客以千數。 Hence Chen Xi, chancellor of Dai, rolled with a thousand chariots in his train, while Liu Pi in Wu and the king of Huainan each kept client armies counted in thousands.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 51Houses of Jing and Yan · 1 passage

高帝十一年，澤以將軍擊陳豨，得王黃，為營陵侯。 In the eleventh year, Liu Ze campaigned as a general against Chen Xi. He captured Wang Huang and was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Yingling.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 53House of Chancellor Xiao · 3 passages

漢十一年，陳豨反，高祖自將，至邯鄲。 In the eleventh year of Han, Chen Xi rose in rebellion. Gaozu personally led the campaign and marched to Handan.

相國為上在軍，乃拊循勉力百姓，悉以所有佐軍，如陳豨時。 Since the emperor was away at war, the Prime Minister comforted and rallied the people and poured all available resources into supporting the army, just as he had done during the campaign against Chen Xi.

且陛下距楚數歲，陳豨、黥布反，陛下自將而往，當是時，相國守關中，搖足則關以西非陛下有也。 Moreover, Your Majesty fought Chu for years, and when Chen Xi and Ying Bu rose in rebellion, Your Majesty personally led the armies against them. During all that time, the Prime Minister guarded the lands within the passes. Had he so much as stamped his foot, everything west of the passes would have ceased to be yours.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 54House of Chancellor Cao · 1 passage

以齊相國擊陳豨將張春軍，破之。 As Chancellor of Qi, he attacked the army of Chen Xi's general Zhang Chun and defeated it.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 57House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang · 5 passages

擊陳豨，屠馬邑。 He attacked the rebel Chen Xi and sacked Mayi.

所將卒斬豨將軍乘馬絺。 The troops under his command beheaded Chen Xi's general Chengma Chi.

擊韓信、陳豨、趙利軍於樓煩，破之。 At Loufan, he engaged the combined forces of Han Xin, Chen Xi, and Zhao Li and defeated them.

得豨將宋最、鴈門守圂。 He captured Chen Xi's general Song Zui and the Governor of Yanmen, Chou.

因復擊豨靈丘，破之，斬豨，得豨丞相程縱、將軍陳武、都尉高肆。 At Lingqiu, he struck Chen Xi again, defeated him, and beheaded him, capturing his chancellor Cheng Zong, general Chen Wu, and commandant Gao Si.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 90Biographies of Wei Bao and Peng Yue · 1 passage

十年秋，陳豨反代地，高帝自往擊，至邯鄲，徵兵梁王。 In the autumn of the tenth year, Chen Xi rebelled in the region of Dai. The Emperor himself marched to attack, and upon reaching Handan, he summoned the King of Liang to send troops.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 98Biographies of Fu, Jin, and the Marquis of Kuaicheng · 3 passages

四月，擊陳豨，屬太尉勃，以相國代丞相噲擊豨。 In the fourth month, he joined the campaign against Chen Xi under Grand Commandant Zhou Bo; as Chancellor of Qi he took Fan Kuai's place as chancellor in the attack on Xi.

有功，遷為車騎將軍，并將梁、趙、齊、燕、楚車騎，別擊陳豨丞相敞，破之，因降曲逆。 For his merit, Jin Xi was promoted to General of Chariot and Cavalry, commanding the combined chariot and cavalry forces of Liang, Zhao, Qi, Yan, and Chu. Detached to attack Chen Xi's chancellor Chang, he defeated him and thereby induced the surrender of Quni.

上欲自擊陳豨，蒯成侯泣曰：「始秦攻破天下，未嘗自行。 When the emperor wanted to lead the attack on Chen Xi himself, the Marquis of Kuaicheng wept and said, "When Qin first conquered the realm, its ruler never personally took the field.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 104Biography of Tian Shu · 1 passage

會陳豨反代，漢七年，高祖往誅之，過趙，趙王張敖自持案進食，禮恭甚，高祖箕踞罵之。 It happened that Chen Xi raised a rebellion in the territory of Dai. In the seventh year of the Han dynasty, Emperor Gaozu set out to suppress him and passed through Zhao along the way. King Zhang Ao personally held the serving tray to present food to the emperor, his courtesy exceedingly respectful. But the emperor sat sprawled with his legs apart and berated the king.