Jiang Yin (蔣殷) | 24 Histories

Overview

Jiang Yin was an official and Assassin.

Life and dates

Death

AD 913 殷舉族自燔死
Self immolation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 156

Attested activity

AD 912 友珪弒太祖自立
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 153
AD 905 哀帝方卜郊
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 149
AD 904 唐遷洛陽
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passages 147-148
AD 913 末帝即位
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 154
AD 901 梁太祖取河中
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 146
AD 913 殷舉族自燔死
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 156

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AD 905 遣殷弒太后於積善宮
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 151

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Wang Chongying (王重盈)
adoptive son 養子 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 145

Kinship Role household · Quantity entire clan
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 156

Career and standing

military commissioner of Wuning 武寧軍節度使
AD 912 友珪弒太祖自立 · Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 153
commissioner of the Northern Court of Xuanhui 宣徽北院使
AD 904 唐遷洛陽 · Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 147
guard officer 牙將
AD 901 梁太祖取河中 · Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 146
Refused replacement
AD 913 末帝即位 · Retirement refused
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 154
stripped of office and titles 削官爵
AD 913 殷舉族自燔死 · Punished · Authority Last Emperor of Later Liang (末帝)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 156

Places and affiliations

AD 904 唐遷洛陽
At Luoyang 洛陽 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 147
AD 905 遣殷弒太后於積善宮
At Jishan Palace 積善宮 · Relation Sent to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 151

Works and attributed material

Accusation · Speaker · Paraphrased · Addressed to Zhu Wen (朱溫) · Mode allegation Speaker Jiang Yin (蔣殷)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passages 149, 151

Events and relationships

Accused Jiang Xuanhui of plotting Tang restoration
AD 905 哀帝方卜郊 · Political · Slanderer · With Jiang Xuanhui (蔣玄暉)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 149
Accused Xuanhui of an affair with the empress dowager
AD 905 遣殷弒太后於積善宮 · Political · Slanderer · With Jiang Xuanhui (蔣玄暉)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 151
Murdered Empress Dowager He at Jishan
AD 905 遣殷弒太后於積善宮 · Political · Assassin · With Empress Dowager He (何太后)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 151
Refused replacement and burned his household
AD 913 殷舉族自燔死 · Political · Rebel
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passages 154, 156
Relation Client of · Person Zhu Wen (朱溫)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 146
Relation Refused to yield to · Person Zhu Youzhang (友璋)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 154

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Relation Rival of · Person Jiang Xuanhui (蔣玄暉)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 149
Relation Friend of · Person Zhu Yougui (友珪)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 153

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 145
AD 913 殷舉族自燔死
To Jiang 蔣 · Reason Last Emperor restored his original surname
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passages 155-156
To Wang 王氏 · Reason assumed the Wang surname as Wang Chongying's adoptive son
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 145

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History

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 43Volume 43 Miscellaneous Biographies 23: Shi Shucong, Li Yanwei, Li Zhen, Pei Di, Wei Zhen, Kong Xun, Sun Dezhao, Wang Jingrao, Jiang Yin · 10 passages

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蔣殷，幼為王重盈養子，冒姓王氏。 Jiang Yin was raised in youth by Wang Chongying and bore the Wang name.

梁太祖取河中，以王氏舊恩錄其子孫，表殷牙將，太祖尤愛之。 When Taizu took Hezhong he remembered the Wang family’s old loyalty and enrolled their sons. Yin became a guard officer, and Taizu favored him above most.

唐遷洛陽，殷為宣徽北院使。 When the court moved to Luoyang, Yin became commissioner of the Northern Court of the Imperial Secretariat.

太祖已下襄陽，轉攻淮南，還屯正陽，哀帝遣殷勞軍。 Taizu had marched on Xiangyang, then swung into Huainan and camped at Zhengyang. Emperor Ai sent Yin to comfort the troops.

是時，哀帝方卜郊，殷與樞密使蔣玄暉等有隙，因譖之太祖，言玄暉等教天子卜郊祈天，且待諸侯助祭者以謀興復，太祖大怒，哀帝為改卜郊。 Emperor Ai was fixing a date for the suburban sacrifice. Yin hated Jiang Xuanhui and the other commissioners and told Taizu they had coached the emperor to pray for heaven’s favor and were waiting for the feudal lords who would attend the rites so Tang could rise again. Taizu raged, and the sacrifice was put off.

殷乃誣玄暉嘗私侍太后，太祖斬玄暉及張廷範、柳璨等，遣殷弒太后於積善宮。 Yin then claimed Xuanhui had bedded the empress dowager. Taizu killed Xuanhui, Zhang Tingfan, Liu Can, and the rest, and sent Yin to murder the empress dowager at Jishan Palace.

庶人友珪與殷善，友珪弒太祖自立，拜殷武寧軍節度使。 Yougui, the deposed prince, was Yin’s friend. When Yougui killed Taizu and seized the throne he made Yin military commissioner of Wuning.

末帝即位，以福王友璋代殷，殷不受代。 The Last Emperor sent Prince of Fu Youzhang to replace him. Yin refused to step down.

王瓚亦王氏子，懼為殷所累，乃言殷非王氏子，本姓蔣。 Wang Zan, another Wang adoptee, feared Yin would ruin him and declared Yin no true Wang but a Jiang by birth.

末帝詔削官爵，還其姓，遣牛存節討之，殷舉族自燔死。 The Last Emperor stripped his titles, restored the Jiang surname, and sent Niu Cunjie against him. Yin and his entire household burned themselves alive.