Overview
The translated histories identify Jing Ke as an assassin. This record brings together 11 passages from 6 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Jing Ke | 荆轲 | Jing Ke |
| Personal name | Jing Ke | 荆轲 | Jing Ke |
| Personal name | Jing Ke | 荊軻 | Jing Ke |
| Personal name | Jing Ke | 荊卿 | Jing Ke |
| Personal | Jing Ke | 荊軻 | Jing Ke |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · jinshi:127:s0137, shiji:083:s0227
- Sex: maleExplicit · shiji:088:s0049
- Value: maleExplicit · shiji:073:s0121
Roles
- Assassin
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 明年（始皇二十年） · Western Year: BC 227Explicit event contextual date · shiji:073:s0121
- Source Date: Text: 燕太子使荆轲劫始皇 · Western Year: BC 227Explicit · houhanshu:126:s0267
- Source Date: Text: 荊卿 · Western Year: BC 227Explicit · liangshu:014:s0021
- Source Date: Text: 荊軻 · Western Year: BC 227Explicit · jinshi:127:s0137
- Source Date: Text: 荊軻之說，而匕首竊發 · Western Year: BC 227Explicit · shiji:083:s0227
- Source Date: Text: 荊軻刺秦 · Western Year: BC 227Explicit · shiji:083:s0157, shiji:083:s0171
- Source Date: Text: 荊軻刺秦 · Western Year: BC 227Explicit event contextual date · shiji:088:s0049
Places and affiliations
- Label: Qin / 秦 · Relation: active-inExplicit · shiji:083:s0227
- Label: Yan / 燕 · Relation: servedExplicit · shiji:073:s0121
- Polity: Yan / 燕 · Relation: associatedExplicit · shiji:088:s0049
Events and relationships
- Kind: assassination · Role: attacker · Action: attempted-seizure · Other Person Id: Qin Shihuang (秦始皇帝) · Place: between the two pillars / 两楹之间Explicit · houhanshu:126:s0267
- Kind: assassination-attempt · Role: attacker · Action: attempted · Other Person Id: Qin Shihuang (秦始皇帝) · Outcome: dagger secretly sprang out · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 荊軻之說，而匕首竊發 · Western Year: BC 227Explicit · shiji:083:s0227
- Explicit · shiji:088:s0049
- Kind: person-centered · Action: was sent by Yan to assassinate the Qin ruler · Role: assassin · Other Person Id: Qin Shihuang (秦始皇帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年（始皇二十年） · Western Year: BC 227Explicit · shiji:073:s0121
- Relation: agent-of · Person Id: Crown Prince Dan of Yan (燕太子丹)Explicit · shiji:083:s0157
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · shiji:083:s0227
References in the histories
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