Qin and Han · Named Individual

Ji Xin 季心

Attested BC 195 - BC 141

Passages
6
Chapters
4
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Ji Xin as a military officer, named individual, and official. This record brings together 6 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Ji Xin 季心 Ji Xin
Surname Ji
Personal name Ji Xin 季心 Ji Xin
Personal Ji Xin 季心 Jì Xīn
Personal name Ji Xin 季心 Jì Xīn
Given Xin Xīn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Military Officer
  • Named Individual
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 季心…關中 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 141
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:046:s0052, hanshu:046:s0056
  • Source Date: Text: 景帝時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 157 · End: BC 141
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:101:s0137
  • Source Date: Text: 當是時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 195 · End: BC 157
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:100:s0060, shiji:100:s0065

Family

  • Sibling of Ji Bu (季布)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: uncertain

Career and standing

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: celebrated for courage · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · shiji:100:s0065

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 46Volume 37: Ji Bu, Luan Bu and Tian Shu · 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 58Volume 49: Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 100Biographies of Ji Bu and Luan Bu · 2 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 101Biographies of Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo · 1 passage