Jin Xi (靳歙) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Jin Xi as an aristocrat, attendant, general, and military officer. This record brings together 11 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Jin Xi	靳歙	Jin Xi
Surname	Jin	靳	Jin
Title	Lord of Linping	臨平君
Title	Marquis of Jianwu	建武侯
Title	Marquis of Xinwu	信武侯
Posthumous	Marquis Su	肅侯
Given	Xi	歙	Xi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Aristocrat
Attendant
General
Military Officer

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 高后五年 · Western Year: BC 183
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 三年賜食邑 · Western Year: BC 204
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Source Date: Text: 起宛朐至高后五年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 209 · End: BC 183
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Source Date: Text: 高后五年 · Western Year: BC 183
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Family

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Parent of Jin Ting (亭)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Cavalry Commandant / 騎都尉 · Action: promoted-to
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Label: General of Chariot and Cavalry / 車騎將軍 · Action: promoted-to
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Label: inner attendant / 中涓 · Action: served-as
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Title: Marquis of Xinwu / 信武侯 · Households: 4600 · Action: enfeoffed
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Households: 4200 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 204
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Households: 5300 · Action: increased
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Label: Marquis Su / 肅侯 · Action: posthumously-titled
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Title: Lord of Linping / 臨平君 · Action: granted
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Title: Marquis of Jianwu / 建武侯 · Action: granted
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Places and affiliations

Polity: Han / 漢 · Relation: served
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Place: Wanqu / 宛朐 · Relation: rose-at
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked · Other Person Id: Xiang Yu (項羽) · Place: Chen / 陳
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Kind: military · Role: participant · Action: attacked · Other Person Id: Hán Xin (信) · Place: Pingcheng / 平城
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked · Other Person Id: Wang Wu (王武)
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked · Other Person Id: Xiang Han (項悍) · Place: Jiyang / 濟陽
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Kind: military · Role: participant · Action: campaigned-against · Other Person Id: Ying Bu (英布)
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured · Other Person Id: King of Jiangling (江陵王) · Place: Jiangling / 江陵
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Xiang Yu (項羽) · Place: south of Chenggao / 成皋南
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Ben Hao (賁郝) · Place: Zhaoge / 朝歌
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Zhang Ping (章平) · Place: Longxi / 隴西
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Li You (李由)
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Xiang Guan (項冠) · Place: Lu / 魯
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Xing Shuo (邢說) · Place: south of Zi / 菑南
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Chang (敞)
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Kind: military · Role: participant · Action: seized · Other Person Id: Han Xin (韓信) · Place: Chen / 陳
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: high noble rank; never distressed; heaven's bestowal · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)
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Source notes

Statement: In all took 90 heads and 132 prisoners; separately broke 14 armies, surrendered 59 cities, pacified 1 commandery, 1 state, 23 counties; captured 1 king, 1 Pillar of State, and 39 officials from 2000 to 500 bushels
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References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 98Biographies of Fu, Jin, and the Marquis of Kuaicheng · 11 passages

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信武侯靳歙，以中涓從，起宛朐。 The Marquis of Xinwu, Jin Xi, joined as an inner attendant, first rising at Wanqu.

攻濟陽。 Jin Xi attacked Jiyang.

擊秦軍亳南、開封東北，斬騎千人將一人，首五十七級，捕虜七十三人，賜爵封號臨平君。 Against the Qin army south of Bo and northeast of Kaifeng, he beheaded a commander of a thousand cavalry, took fifty-seven heads, and captured seventy-three prisoners. For this he was granted a noble rank and the title Lord of Linping.

沛公立為漢王，賜歙爵建武侯，遷為騎都尉。 After the Lord of Pei was installed as King of Han, Jin Xi received the rank of Marquis of Jianwu and was promoted to Cavalry Commandant.

從定三秦。 Jin Xi took part in pacifying the Three Qin kingdoms.

略梁地，別將擊邢說軍菑南，破之，身得說都尉二人，司馬、候十二人，降吏卒四千一百八十人。 Raiding Liang territory as a detached commander, he attacked Xing Shuo's army south of Zi and defeated it. Jin Xi personally captured two of Shuo's commandants and twelve marshals and scouts, and induced the surrender of four thousand one hundred eighty officers and soldiers.

從至陳，取楚王信，剖符世世勿絕，定食四千六百戶，號信武侯。 At Chen, he followed the army in seizing Han Xin, King of Chu. He received a bronze tally guaranteeing his line in perpetuity, was granted a fixed fief of four thousand six hundred households, and was titled Marquis of Xinwu.

以騎都尉從擊代，攻韓信平城下，還軍東垣。 As Cavalry Commandant, Jin Xi followed in the campaign against Dai, attacked Han Xin below Pingcheng, and returned the army to Dongyuan.

有功，遷為車騎將軍，并將梁、趙、齊、燕、楚車騎，別擊陳豨丞相敞，破之，因降曲逆。 For his merit, Jin Xi was promoted to General of Chariot and Cavalry, commanding the combined chariot and cavalry forces of Liang, Zhao, Qi, Yan, and Chu. Detached to attack Chen Xi's chancellor Chang, he defeated him and thereby induced the surrender of Quni.

高后五年，歙卒，謚為肅侯。 In the fifth year of Empress Dowager Gao's reign, Jin Xi died and was posthumously titled Marquis Su.

太史公曰：陽陵侯傅寬、信武侯靳歙皆高爵，從高祖起山東，攻項籍，誅殺名將，破軍降城以十數，未嘗困辱，此亦天授也。 The Grand Historian says: The Marquis of Yangling, Fu Kuan, and the Marquis of Xinwu, Jin Xi, both held high noble ranks. They followed Gaozu in rising from Shandong, attacked Xiang Ji, executed famous generals, broke armies, and induced the surrender of cities numbering in the tens, and never experienced distress or humiliation. This too was heaven's bestowal.