Overview
The translated histories identify Han Xin as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and named individual. This record brings together 106 passages from 24 chapters across 8 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Han Xin | 韓信 | Hán Xìn |
| Personal | |||
| Title | Acting King of Qi | 齊假王 | |
| Title | Chancellor of State | 相國 | Xiàngguó |
| Surname | Han | 韓 | Hán |
| Personal name | Han Xin | 韓信 | Han Xin |
| Personal | Han Xin | 韓信 | Han Xin |
| Personal name | Han Xin | 韓信 | |
| Personal name | Han Xin | 韓 | |
| Personal name | Han Xin | 韓信 | Hán Xìn |
| Title | Huaiyin | 淮陰 | |
| Alternate name | Huaiyin | 淮陰 | |
| Title | Huaiyin | 淮陰 | Huáiyīn |
| Title | King of Chu | 楚王 | Chu Wang |
| Title | King of Chu | 楚王 | Chǔ Wáng |
| Title | King of Chu | 楚王 | Chǔ wáng |
| Title | King of Chu | 楚王信 | |
| Title | King of Qi | 齊王 | Qi Wang |
| Title | King of Qi | 齊王 | Qí Wáng |
| Title | King of Qi | 齊王 | Qí wáng |
| Title | King of Qi | 齊王 | |
| Title | Marquis of Huaiyin | 淮陰侯 | Huaiyin Hou |
| Title | Marquis of Huaiyin | 淮陰 | Huaiyin |
| Title | Marquis of Huaiyin | 淮陰侯 | Huáiyīn Hóu |
| Title | Marquis of Huaiyin | 淮陰侯 | |
| Title | Marquis of Huaiyin | 淮陰侯 | Huáiyīn hóu |
| Title | Marquis of Huaiyin | 淮陰 | |
| Given | Xin | 信 | Xin |
| Personal name | Xin | 信 | |
| Given | Xin | 信 | Xìn |
| Personal | Xin | 信 | Xìn |
| Personal | Xin | 信 | Xin |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:025:s0312, hanshu:048:s0199, mingshi:057:s0027, nanqishu:036:s0004, shiji:054:s0055, shiji:090:s0029
- Sex: male
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:002:s0007, hanshu:042:s0025
Roles
- Aristocrat
- General
- Military Officer
- Named Individual
- Official
- Rebel
- Ruler
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十一年 · Western Year: BC 196 · Authority Person Id: Empress Lü (呂后)Explicit · shiji:091:s0100
- Manner: execution · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢十一年 · Western Year: BC 196 · Authority Person Id: Empress Lü (呂后)Explicit event contextual date · shiji:053:s0061
- Text: 夷三族 · Date Text: 十一年春正月Explicit · hanshu:002:s0239
- Date Text: 呂后用何計誅信Explicit · hanshu:048:s0073
- Note: destroyedExplicit · shiji:054:s0148
Attested activity
- Qualitative: early HanExplicit · shiji:053:s0014
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0064
- Source Date: Text: 十一年 · Western Year: BC 196Explicit · shiji:091:s0100
- Source Date: Text: 往年殺韓信 · Western Year: BC 196Explicit · nanqishu:036:s0046
- Source Date: Text: 淮陰之授 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 196Explicit · songshu:070:s0060
- Source Date: Text: 淮陰侯至楚王信 · Western Interval: Start: BC 204 · End: BC 196Explicit event contextual date · shiji:098:s0009, shiji:098:s0047
- Source Date: Text: 漢六年春 · Western Year: BC 201Explicit event contextual date · shiji:051:s0010
- Source Date: Text: 漢初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 206 · End: AD 196Explicit · suishu:052:s0211
- Source Date: Text: 漢初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 209 · End: BC 141Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:051:s0010
- Source Date: Text: 漢十一年 · Western Year: BC 196Explicit event contextual date · shiji:053:s0061
- Source Date: Text: 漢四年 · Western Year: BC 203Explicit event contextual date · shiji:051:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 漢將韓信引兵且東擊齊 · Western Interval: Start: BC 204 · End: BC 202Explicit event contextual date · shiji:094:s0054, shiji:094:s0066
- Source Date: Text: 漢王遣韓信擊虜豹…齊王信 · Western Interval: Start: BC 205 · End: BC 202Explicit event contextual date · shiji:090:s0029, shiji:090:s0070
- Source Date: Text: 漢破趙井陘 · Western Year: BC 204Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:041:s0164
- Source Date: Text: 漢興 · Western Interval: Start: BC 202 · End: BC 195Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:101:s0130
- Source Date: Text: 漢興之初 · Western Year: BC 196Explicit · hanshu:025:s0308, hanshu:025:s0312
- Source Date: Text: 漢高命韓信為將 · Western Interval: Start: AD 206 · End: AD 196Explicit · mingshi:057:s0027
- Source Date: Text: 與韓信東攻魏 · Western Year: BC 205Explicit event contextual date · shiji:054:s0055
- Source Date: Text: 陳平、韓信之去項羽 · Western Year: BC 205Explicit · sanguozhi:031:s0128
- Source Date: Text: 韓信徙為楚王 · Western Year: BC 202Explicit event contextual date · shiji:054:s0071
- Source Date: Text: 韓信為齊王 · Western Year: BC 203Explicit event contextual date · shiji:054:s0070
- Source Date: Text: 高祖六年 · Western Year: BC 201Explicit event contextual date · shiji:050:s0010
Career and standing
- Label: general / 將 · Action: appointedExplicit · mingshi:057:s0027
- Label: supreme general / 大將軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · shiji:053:s0014
- Office: Chancellor of State / 相國Explicit · hanshu:048:s0208
- Office: grand general / 大將軍Explicit · hanshu:048:s0027
- Text: 楚王Explicit · hanshu:002:s0031
- Text: 齊王Explicit · hanshu:002:s0001
- Text: Han general / 漢將Explicit · hanshu:042:s0082
- Title: King of Chu / 楚王 · Action: heldExplicit · shiji:051:s0010
- Title: Acting King of Qi / 齊假王 · Action: requested-and-grantedExplicit · shiji:094:s0066
- Text: 淮陰侯Explicit · hanshu:002:s0122
- Title: King of Chu / 楚王Explicit · hanshu:048:s0215
- Title: King of Qi / 齊王Explicit · hanshu:048:s0214
- Status: captivity · Action: captured · Place: Chen / 陳 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 高祖六年 · Western Year: BC 201Explicit · shiji:050:s0010
- Status: imprisoned · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢六年春 · Western Year: BC 201Explicit · shiji:051:s0010
- Status: execution · Action: suffered · Label: extermination of three clans / complete five punishments / 夷三族／具五刑 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢興之初 · Western Year: BC 196
- Title: King of Qi / 齊王 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊王信之立 · Western Year: BC 202Explicit · shiji:090:s0070
- Text: 因執之Explicit · hanshu:002:s0109
Places and affiliations
- Label: Han / 漢 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · hanshu:025:s0312
- Polity: Chu / 楚 · Relation: ruledExplicit · shiji:051:s0010
Works and attributed material
- Text: 韓信申軍法Explicit · hanshu:002:s0364
- Work: account of the Marquis of Huaiyin / 淮陰侯事 · Relation: subject-ofExplicit · shiji:053:s0015, shiji:053:s0061
Events and relationships
- Kind: ritual · Role: exemplar · Action: altar-investiture-allusionExplicit · songshu:070:s0060
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked · Other Person Id: Lord of Cheng'an (成安君) · With Person Id: Zhang Er (張耳)Explicit · shiji:054:s0061
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured · Other Person Id: Wei Bao (魏豹) · Place: Hedong / 河東 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 於是漢王遣韓信擊虜豹於河東 · Western Year: BC 205Explicit · shiji:090:s0029
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated Zhao at Jingxing with Zhang Er · Other Person Id: Zhang Er (張耳)Explicit · hanshu:041:s0164
- Kind: legal · Role: victim · Action: executed · Label: received the complete five punishments / 受具五刑之誅 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢興之初 · Western Year: BC 196Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:025:s0312
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: killed-Long-Ju-captured-King-Guang · Other Person Id: Long Ju (龍且)Explicit · shiji:094:s0060
- Kind: political · Role: defector · Action: left Xiang Yu with a declared break · Other Person Id: Xiang Yu (項羽) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 陳平、韓信之去項羽 · Western Year: BC 205Explicit · sanguozhi:031:s0128
- Kind: rebellion · Role: conspirator · Action: plotted rebellion in Guanzhong · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢十一年 · Western Year: BC 196Explicit event contextual date · shiji:053:s0061
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: surprise-attack-on-Lixia-entered-LinziExplicit · shiji:094:s0056
- Relation: advised-by · Person Id: Kuai Tong (蒯通)Explicit · shiji:094:s0056
- Relation: appointed-by · Person Id: Emperor Gaozu of Han (漢高)Explicit · mingshi:057:s0027
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · shiji:050:s0010
References in the histories
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