Consort Jiang (蔣美人)

Overview

Consort Jiang was a Favored consort of Sima Yu. It is not yet established whether this person is the same as similarly named people in other chapters.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Jiang Jun	蔣俊	Jiang Jun

Life and dates

Death

AD 300 十二月
Interrogated to death · Authority Sima Dan (司馬澹)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 65

Attested activity

Undated Source Attestation true · Event Consort Jiang, favored by the crown prince, bore a son and costly toys were urged; no calendar date is stated.
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 17

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Sima Bin (司馬虨)
bore 生
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 17
Spouse of Sima Yu (司馬遹)
favored consort 美人 · Concubinage
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 17

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 23: Crown Prince Minhuai · 3 passages

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太子所幸蔣美人生男，又言宜隆其賞賜，多為皇孫造玩弄之器，太子從之。 When Lady Jiang, whom the crown prince favored, bore a son, they also said rewards should be lavish and many toys fashioned for the imperial grandson; the crown prince obeyed.

茹毛飲血於三辰之下，皇天許當掃除患害，立道文為王，蔣為內主。 We shall eat raw flesh and drink blood beneath the three luminaries; High Heaven grants us leave to sweep away the scourge, enthrone Daowen as king, and install Jiang as inner mistress.

澹以兵仗送太子妃王氏、三皇孫于金墉城，考竟謝淑妃及太子保林蔣俊。 Dan escorted Crown Princess Wang and the three imperial grandsons to Jinyong under armed guard, and interrogated Consort Xie and the crown prince’s Lady Baolin Jiang Jun to death.