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Jiang Shi 江祏

Attested AD 494 - AD 501

Passages: 8
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Jiang Shi as a family member, official, royal family member, and statesman. This record brings together 8 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	Jiang Shi	江祏	Jiang Shi
Surname	Jiang	江
Personal name	Jiang Shi	江祏	Jiang Shi
Title	Right Vice Director	尚書右僕射
Given	Shi	祏
Given	Shi	祏	Shi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liangshu:016:s0013, liangshu:036:s0087
Sex: male
Explicit · liangshu:020:s0011

Roles

Family Member
Official
Royal Family Member
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Manner: executed
Explicit · liangshu:016:s0017, liangshu:036:s0090

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 建武中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 494 · End: AD 497
Explicit · liangshu:020:s0011
Source Date: Text: 建武末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 494 · End: AD 498
Explicit · liangshu:016:s0013
Source Date: Text: 齊 · Western Interval: Start: AD 498 · End: AD 501
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0087, liangshu:036:s0090

Family

Sibling of Empress of Qi Mingdi
Kinship Term: brother-in-law / wife's brother / 內弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Role: brother · Object Role: sister

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 16Volume 16: Wang Liang; Zhang Ji; Wang Ying · 4 passages

建武末，爲吏部尚書，是時尚書右僕射江祏管朝政，多所進拔，爲士子所歸。 Late in Jianwu he headed the ministry of personnel; Right Vice Director Jiang Shi then ran court politics, advanced many men, and drew the gentry to him.

始亮未爲吏部郎時，以祏帝之內弟，故深友祏，祏爲之延譽，益爲帝所器重； Earlier, before Liang headed personnel, he had been close to Shi—the emperor's brother-in-law—and Shi had praised him, so the throne prized him all the more;

及祏遇誅，羣小放命，凡所除拜，悉由內寵，亮更弗能止。 When Shi was killed, petty men had their way; every appointment ran through inner favorites, and Liang could not stop it.

璽書詰縝曰：「亮少乏才能，無聞時輩，昔經冒入羣英，相與豈薄，晚節諂事江祏，爲吏部，末協附梅蟲兒、茹法珍，遂執昏政。 An imperial letter reprimanded Zhen: "Liang in youth lacked talent and was unknown among his peers; formerly he rashly entered the ranks of worthies—we were not thin with one another; in his later years he flattered Jiang Shi; as director of personnel he finally joined Mei Chong'er and Ru Fazhen and held benighted government.

Book of Liang, Chapter 20Volume 20: Liu Lijian; Chen Bozhi · 1 passage

時明帝諸子幼弱，內親則仗遙欣兄弟，外親則倚后弟劉暄、內弟江祏。 The Ming Emperor's sons were still young; inside the palace he leaned on the Yaoqin brothers, outside on the empress's brother Liu Xuan and her brother-in-law Jiang Shi.

Book of Liang, Chapter 36Volume 36: Kong Xiuyuan; Jiang Ge · 3 passages

僕射江祏深相引接，祏爲太子詹事，啓革爲府丞。 Vice Minister Jiang Shi took a strong liking to him; when Shi became Crown Prince's Steward he recommended Ge as household aide.

祏時權傾朝右，以革才堪經國，令參掌機務，詔誥文檄，皆委以具。 Shi then dominated the court; judging Ge capable of statecraft, he put him in charge of urgent business, and all edicts and dispatches were drafted by Ge.

祏誅，賓客皆罹其罪，革獨以智免。 When Shi was executed, every man in his circle was implicated; Ge alone escaped through cleverness.