Gongsun Xi (公孫喜) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Gongsun Xi as a general. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Gongsun Xi	公孫喜	Gongsun Xi
Personal name	Gongsun Xi	公孫喜	Gongsun Xi
Personal name	Gongsun Xi	公孫喜	Gōngsūn Xǐ
Personal name	Xi	喜

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Sex: male
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Value: male
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Roles

General

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 其明年（昭王十四年） · Western Year: BC 293
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Source Date: Text: 昭王十四年 · Western Year: BC 293
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Source Date: Text: 釐王三年 · Western Year: BC 293
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Career and standing

Label: Wei general / 魏將
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Status: captivity · Action: captured · Place: Yique / 伊闕 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 釐王三年 · Western Year: BC 293
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Status: captivity · Action: entered
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Places and affiliations

Label: Han and Wei / 韓、魏 · Relation: commanded-for
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: captive · Action: captured · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 昭王十四年 · Western Year: BC 293
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Kind: military · Action: was captured after defeat at Yique · Role: captured general · Other Person Id: Bai Qi (白起) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 昭王十四年 · Western Year: BC 293
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References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 45House of Han · 2 passages

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釐王三年，使公孫喜率周、魏攻秦。 In the third year of King Xi, he sent Gongsun Xi to lead the forces of Zhou and Wei in an attack on Qin.

秦敗我二十四萬，虜喜伊闕。 Qin defeated our army of two hundred and forty thousand and captured Gongsun Xi at the Battle of Yique.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 72Biography of the Marquis of Rang · 1 passage

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昭王十四年，魏冉舉白起，使代向壽將而攻韓、魏，敗之伊闕，斬首二十四萬，虜魏將公孫喜。 In the fourteenth year of King Zhao, Wei Ran recommended Bai Qi to replace Xiang Shou as general and attack Han and Wei, defeating them at Yiguan, beheading two hundred and forty thousand, and capturing the Wei general Gongsun Xi.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 73Biographies of Bai Qi and Wang Jian · 1 passage

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其明年，白起為左更，攻韓、魏於伊闕，斬首二十四萬，又虜其將公孫喜，拔五城。 The next year, Bai Qi was appointed Left Minister of the Interior and attacked Han and Wei at Yique, beheading 240,000 men, capturing their general Gongsun Xi, and taking five cities.