Qin and Han · chariot-and-cavalry general and marquis

Jin Midi 金日磾

Jīn Mìdī

Died BC 86

Passages: 6
Chapters: 4
Histories: 2

Overview

The translated histories identify Jin Midi as a general, named individual, official, and statesman. 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

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Jin Midi	金日磾	Jīn Mìdī
Title	Chariot Cavalry General	車騎將軍
Personal name	Jin Midi	金日磾
Personal name	Jin Midi	金日磾	Jin Midi
Personal	Jin Midi	日磾
Given	Midi	日磾
Personal	Rizhi	日磾
Personal name		日磾	Midi
Given		日磾	Midi
Surname		金	Jin

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:008:s0009
Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0257, songshu:055:s0170
Value: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:105:s0013

Roles

General
Named Individual
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 始元元年九月丙子 · Western Year: BC 86
Explicit · hanshu:008:s0030

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 後元二年 · Western Year: BC 87
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:008:s0009
Source Date: Text: 日磾 · Western Interval: Start: BC 134 · End: BC 86
Explicit · songshu:055:s0170
Source Date: Text: 漢興六十餘載 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:068:s0254, hanshu:068:s0257, hanshu:068:s0258

Origins and identity

Label: non-Han captive origin / 降虜 · Uncertain: true
Strongly inferred · hanshu:068:s0257

Career and standing

Title: chariot-and-cavalry general
Explicit · hanshu:105:s0013
Title: marquis
Explicit · hanshu:105:s0013
Status: former-captive · Statement: came forth from surrendered captives / 出於降虜
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0257

Places and affiliations

Label: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: served
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0257, hanshu:068:s0258

Events and relationships

Kind: career · Role: subject · Action: came-forth-from · From: surrendered captives / 降虜
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0257
Type: father-of · Person Id: Jin Shang (金賞)
Explicit · hanshu:105:s0013

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: testamentary appointee (受遺) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0258

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 8Volume 7: Annals of Emperor Zhao · 2 passages

大將軍光秉政，領尚書事，車騎將軍金日磾、左將軍上官桀副焉。 Grand General Guang held the government, led the Secretariat affairs, with Chariot Cavalry General Jin Midi and Left General Shangguan Jie as his assistants.

九月丙子，車騎將軍日磾薨。 On the bingzi day of the ninth month, Chariot Cavalry General Jin Midi passed away.

Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 2 passages

卜式拔於芻牧，弘羊擢於栗豎，衛青奮於奴僕，日磾出於降虜，斯亦曩時版築飯牛之朋已。 Bu Shi rose from the pasture, Sang Hongyang from the granary urchin, Wei Qing from slavery, Jin Midi from the ranks of captives—kin to the wall-builders and ox-herders of legend.

漢之得人，於茲為盛，儒雅則公孫弘、董仲舒、兒寬，篤行則石建、石慶，質直則汲黯、卜式，推賢則韓安國、鄭當時，定令則趙禹、張湯，文章則司馬遷、相如，滑稽則東方朔、枚皋，應對則嚴助、硃買臣，歷數則唐都、洛下閎，協律則李延年，運籌則桑弘羊，奉使則張騫、蘇武，將率則衛青、霍去病，受遺則霍光、金日磾，其餘不可勝紀。 Never did the dynasty gather talent so thickly: Hong, Dong, and Kuan for classical breadth; the Shi brothers for steadfast service; Ji An and Bu Shi for blunt loyalty; Han Anguo and Zheng Dangshi for lifting others; Zhao Yu and Zhang Tang for codifying law; Sima Qian and Xiangru for voice; jesters Dongfang Shuo and Mei Gao; debaters Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen; calendar-makers Tang Du and Luoxia Hong; the harmonist Li Yan'nian; the reckoner Sang Hongyang; envoys Zhang Qian and Su Wu; blades Wei Qing and Huo Qubing; regents Huo Guang and Jin Midi—and a cloud of names besides.

Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 1 passage

昭帝時，駙馬都尉秺侯金賞嗣父車騎將軍日磾爵為侯，二人之寵取過庸，不篤。 Under Emperor Zhao, Jin Shang, marquis of Du and commandant of the imperial son-in-law, inherited his father Jin Midi's chariot-and-cavalry rank and marquisate; father and son were favored beyond the usual, though the affection was not deep.

Book of Song, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 15: Zang Dao, Xu Guang, F Long · 1 passage

向使石厚之子、日磾之孫，砥鋒挺鍔，不與二祖同戴天日，則石碏、秺侯何得流名百代，以為美談者哉！ Suppose the sons of Shi Hou and the grandsons of Rizhi had drawn swords and refused to live under the same sky as their ancestors — how could Shi Que and the Marquis of Di have won praise for a hundred generations!