Qin and Han · General and Official

Liang Ji 梁冀

Died AD 159

Passages
27
Chapters
8
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Liang Ji as an administrator, aristocrat, family member, and general. This record brings together 27 passages from 8 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Liang Ji 梁冀 Liang Ji
Title Grand General Liang Ji 大將軍梁冀
Personal Ji Ji
Given Ji
Given name Ji
Personal name Ji Ji
Given Ji
Given name Ji
Surname Liang Liáng
Surname Liang
Surname Liang Liang
Personal name Liang Ji 梁冀 Liang Ji
Personal Liang Ji 梁冀 Liáng Jì
Personal name Liang Ji 梁冀
Personal name Liang Ji Liang Ji

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • Family Member
  • General
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: suicide / 自杀 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延熹二年前后 · Western Year: AD 159
  • Manner: executed · Note: 诛灭

Attested activity

Family

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  • Sibling of Empress Dowager Liang (梁太后)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: sister · Subject Relative Age: elder
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: sister
    Kinship Term: brother / 兄 · Subject Role: sister · Object Role: brother · Subject Relative Age: uncertain
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: younger-sister · Object Role: elder-brother · Subject Relative Age: younger · Parentage: biological
  • Sibling of Empress Liang (梁皇后)
    Kinship Term: brother / 兄 · Subject Role: sister · Object Role: brother
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: younger-sister · Object Role: elder-brother · Subject Relative Age: younger · Parentage: biological
  • Spouse of Lady Shou (寿)
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: active
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: active
  • Sibling of Liang Buyi (梁不疑)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Object Role: younger-brother · Subject Role: elder-brother · Shared Parentage: full
  • Kinship Role: brothers · Note: 冀兄弟 — Liang Ji and his brothers were executed after Empress Liang's death · Quantity: plural-unspecified

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: acted often beyond bounds · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Assessment: greedy and cruel grip on power · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

Source notes

  • Historicity: historical
  • Kind: family-collective · Statement: Liang clan members executed or exiled · Label: Liang kindred / 诸梁
  • Kind: family-collective · Statement: Sun clan kindred executed or exiled with Liang · Label: Sun clan affines / 孙氏宗族

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 34Volume 30a: Biographies of Su Jing; Yang Hou · 1 passage
Book of Later Han, Chapter 89Volume 80a: Biographies of Writers 1 · 7 passages
Book of Later Han, Chapter 113Volume 102: Astronomy Part Three · 4 passages
Book of Later Han, Chapter 115Volume 104: Five Elements Part Two · 3 passages
Book of Later Han, Chapter 116Volume 105: Five Elements Part Three · 4 passages
Book of Later Han, Chapter 117Volume 106: Five Elements Part Four · 5 passages
Book of Later Han, Chapter 119Volume 108: Five Elements Part Six · 2 passages
Book of Liang, Chapter 14Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang · 1 passage