Jing Xiang (敬翔) | 24 Histories

Overview

Jing Xiang was an official and Strategist.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 892 匿使者…畫策
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 21, passages 100-101

Events and relationships

Hid messenger overnight and calmed Taizu
Counsel · Advisor
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 21, passages 100-101

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21Volume 21 Later Liang Biographies 1: Jing Xiang, Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu, Ge Congzhou, Huo Cun, Zhang Cunjing, Fu Daozhao, Liu Han, Kou Yangqing · 2 passages

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使者晨至梁，敬翔恐太祖暴怒不可測，乃匿使者，至夜而見之，謂雖有所發，必須明旦，冀得少緩其事而圖之。 The messenger reached Bian at dawn; Jing Xiang, dreading Taizu’s unpredictable fury, hid him until night and said that whatever had happened must wait for morning—buying time to soften the blow and work a way out.

既夕，乃引珍使者入見，太祖大驚，然已夜矣，不能有所發，翔因從容為太祖畫。 At dusk he brought Zhu Zhen’s messenger before Taizu. Taizu was shaken, but night had fallen and nothing could be done yet; Xiang calmly drew up a plan for him.