Jing Jian (景監) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Jing Jian as a courtier, eunuch, named individual, and official. This record brings together 8 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Jing Jian	景監	Jing Jian
Personal name	Jing Jian	景監
Personal name	Jing Jian	景監	Jing Jian

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:072:s0145
Value: male
Explicit · shiji:068:s0017

Roles

Courtier
Eunuch
Named Individual
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 孝公寵臣景監 · Western Interval: Start: BC 361 · End: BC 338
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:068:s0017
Source Date: Text: 秦之景監 · Western Interval: Start: BC 360 · End: BC 338
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:072:s0145

Career and standing

Label: favored minister / 寵臣
Explicit · shiji:068:s0017

Places and affiliations

Polity: Qin / 秦 · Relation: served
Explicit · shiji:068:s0017

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: intermediary · Action: introduced · Other Person Id: Shang Yang (商鞅)
Explicit · shiji:068:s0017
Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Shang Yang (商鞅)
Explicit · shiji:068:s0017, shiji:068:s0155

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: far inferior to Zhang Chengye as a model eunuch servant · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:072:s0145

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 72Volume 72 Book of Later Tang 48: Biographies 24: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan, Ma Shaohong, Meng Hangqiong · 1 passage

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夫如是，則晉之勃貂，秦之景監，去之遠矣。 If so, then Bo Diao of Jin and Jing Jian of Qin stand far removed from him.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 68Biography of Lord Shang · 7 passages

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公叔既死，公孫鞅聞秦孝公下令國中求賢者，將修繆公之業，東復侵地，乃遂西入秦，因孝公寵臣景監以求見孝公。 After Gongshu's death, Gongsun Yang learned that Duke Xiao of Qin had issued an edict throughout his realm seeking talented men. The duke intended to revive Duke Mu's legacy and recover territories lost to the east. Yang traveled west to Qin and, through the duke's favored minister Jing Jian, sought an audience with Duke Xiao.

罷而孝公怒景監曰：「子之客妄人耳，安足用邪！」 After the audience ended, Duke Xiao angrily rebuked Jing Jian, saying, "Your guest is nothing but a charlatan! How could he possibly be of use?"

景監以讓衛鞅。 Jing Jian conveyed this rebuke to Wei Yang.

罷而孝公復讓景監，景監亦讓鞅。 After the audience ended, Duke Xiao again rebuked Jing Jian, who in turn rebuked Yang.

孝公謂景監曰：「汝客善，可與語矣。」 Duke Xiao told Jing Jian, "Your guest is impressive—one can actually hold a conversation with him."

景監曰：「子何以中吾君？ Jing Jian asked, "How did you manage to please our lord?

今君之見秦王也，因嬖人景監以為主，非所以為名也。 Now Your Lordship obtained an audience with the King of Qin through the patronage of the favored minister Jing Jian. That is not the way to establish a name.