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Chen Xi was a general and Rebel.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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BC 195 高祖十二年冬
Beheaded · At Lingqiu 靈丘
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 93Biographies of Han Xin (King of Han) and Lu Wan · 29 passages
漢十年，信令王黃等說誤陳豨。
In the tenth year of the Han dynasty, Xin had Wang Huang and others persuade and lead Chen Xi astray.
漢十一年秋，陳豨反代地，高祖如邯鄲擊豨兵，燕王綰亦擊其東北。
In the autumn of the eleventh year, Chen Xi rebelled in the territory of Dai. The High Ancestor marched to Handan to attack Chen Xi's forces, and the King of Yan, Wan, also struck at his northeastern flank.
當是時，陳豨使王黃求救匈奴。
At this time, Chen Xi sent Wang Huang to request assistance from the Xiongnu.
燕王綰亦使其臣張勝於匈奴，言豨等軍破。
The King of Yan also sent his minister Zhang Sheng to the Xiongnu to report that Chen Xi's army had been defeated.
今公為燕欲急滅豨等，豨等已盡，次亦至燕，公等亦且為虜矣。
Now you act on Yan's behalf, eager to destroy Chen Xi and his allies. But once they are finished, the court will turn its attention to Yan, and you and the others will become prisoners.
公何不令燕且緩陳豨而與胡和？
Why not have Yan ease up on the campaign against Chen Xi and make peace with the Xiongnu?
張勝以為然，豨私令匈奴助豨等擊燕。
Zhang Sheng found this reasoning persuasive. Chen Xi secretly ordered the Xiongnu to assist his forces in raiding Yan.
燕王寤，乃詐論它人，脫勝家屬，使得為匈奴閒，而陰使范齊之陳豨所，欲令久亡，連兵勿決。
The King of Yan came to understand and so framed another man in Zhang Sheng's place, freed Sheng's family, and had Sheng serve as a liaison with the Xiongnu. Meanwhile, he secretly sent Fan Qi to Chen Xi's camp, intending to prolong the conflict and keep the armies locked in an unresolved stalemate.
漢十二年，東擊黥布，豨常將兵居代，漢使樊噲擊斬豨。
In the twelfth year, while the Emperor campaigned east against Qing Bu, Chen Xi continued to hold Dai with his forces. Han sent Fan Kuai to attack and behead Chen Xi.
其裨將降，言燕王綰使范齊通計謀於豨所。
One of Chen Xi's subordinate generals surrendered and revealed that the King of Yan had sent Fan Qi to coordinate plots with Chen Xi.
陳豨者，宛朐人也，不知始所以得從。
Chen Xi was a man of Wanqu. It is not known how he first came to enter service.
及高祖七年冬，韓王信反，入匈奴，上至平城還，乃封豨為列侯，以趙相國將監趙、代邊兵，邊兵皆屬焉。
In the winter of the High Ancestor's seventh year, after Han Xin the King of Han rebelled and fled to the Xiongnu and the Emperor had gone to Pingcheng and returned, Chen Xi was enfeoffed as a marquis and appointed Chancellor of Zhao with command over the border troops of Zhao and Dai. All the border forces were placed under his authority.
豨常告歸過趙，趙相周昌見豨賓客隨之者千餘乘，邯鄲官舍皆滿。
Chen Xi frequently took leave and passed through Zhao. The Chancellor of Zhao, Zhou Chang, observed that more than a thousand carriages of retainers accompanied him, and the official guesthouses of Handan were all full to overflowing.
豨所以待賓客布衣交，皆出客下。
Chen Xi treated his retainers with the humility of a man among equals, always placing himself below his guests in courtesy.
豨還之代，周昌乃求入見。
When Chen Xi returned to Dai, Zhou Chang sought an audience with the Emperor.
見上，具言豨賓客盛甚，擅兵於外數歲，恐有變。
He had an audience with the Emperor and reported in full that Chen Xi's retinue was enormously large, that he had held military command far from the capital for several years, and that he feared trouble was brewing.
上乃令人覆案豨客居代者財物諸不法事，多連引豨。
The Emperor then ordered an investigation into the finances and illegal activities of Chen Xi's retainers residing in Dai. Many of the cases implicated Chen Xi.
豨恐，陰令客通使王黃、曼丘臣所。
Chen Xi grew fearful and secretly sent retainers to make contact with Wang Huang and Manqiu Chen.
及高祖十年七月，太上皇崩，使人召豨，豨稱病甚。
In the seventh month of the tenth year, the Grand Supreme Emperor died. A messenger was sent to summon Chen Xi, but he claimed he was gravely ill.
九月，遂與王黃等反，自立為代王，劫略趙、代。
In the ninth month, he rebelled together with Wang Huang and the others, proclaimed himself King of Dai, and plundered the territories of Zhao and Dai.
上聞，乃赦趙、代吏人為豨所詿誤劫略者，皆赦之。
When the Emperor heard the news, he pardoned all the officials and common people of Zhao and Dai who had been misled, deceived, or coerced by Chen Xi.
上自往，至邯鄲，喜曰：「豨不南據漳水，北守邯鄲，知其無能為也。」
The Emperor went in person, and upon reaching Handan said with satisfaction: 'Chen Xi failed to hold the Zhang River to the south or defend Handan to the north. I know now that he is incapable of accomplishing anything.'
趙相奏斬常山守、尉，曰：「常山二十五城，豨反，亡其二十城。」
The Chancellor of Zhao memorialized requesting the execution of the Governor and Commandant of Changshan, saying: 'Changshan has twenty-five cities, and when Chen Xi rebelled, twenty of them were lost.'
陳豨反，邯鄲以北皆豨有，吾以羽檄徵天下兵，未有至者，今唯獨邯鄲中兵耳。
Chen Xi has rebelled, and everything north of Handan is in his hands. I sent urgent dispatches summoning troops from across the empire, but none have arrived. All I have now is the garrison of Handan.
於是上曰：「陳豨將誰？」
The Emperor then asked: 'Who are Chen Xi's generals?'
十一年冬，漢兵擊斬陳豨將侯敞、王黃於曲逆下，破豨將張春於聊城，斬首萬餘。
In the winter of the eleventh year, the Han army attacked and beheaded Chen Xi's generals Hou Chang and Wang Huang below the walls of Quni, and defeated his general Zhang Chun at Liaocheng, taking more than ten thousand heads.
王黃、曼丘臣其麾下受購賞之，皆生得，以故陳豨軍遂敗。
Wang Huang and Manqiu Chen were captured alive by their own subordinates, who had been lured by the bounties. With their generals gone, Chen Xi's army collapsed.
高祖十二年冬，樊噲軍卒追斬豨於靈丘。
In the winter of the twelfth year, soldiers under Fan Kuai's command pursued and beheaded Chen Xi at Lingqiu.
陳豨，梁人，其少時數稱慕魏公子；
Chen Xi was a man of Liang who in his youth often professed his admiration for Lord Xinling of Wei.