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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Liang Ji | 梁冀 | Liang Ji |
| Title | Grand General Liang Ji | 大將軍梁冀 | |
| Personal | Ji | 冀 | Ji |
| Given | Ji | 冀 | Jì |
| Given name | Ji | 冀 | |
| Personal name | Ji | 冀 | Ji |
| Given | Ji | 冀 | |
| Given name | Ji | 冀 | Jì |
| Surname | Liang | 梁 | Liáng |
| Surname | Liang | 梁 | |
| Surname | Liang | 梁 | 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 | 梁 | Liang Ji |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- 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 159Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0036
- Manner: executed · Note: 诛灭Explicit · houhanshu:116:s0048
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 后二年七月 · Western Year: AD 159
- Source Date: Text: 和平元年二月甲寅 · Western Year: AD 150Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:113:s0013
- Source Date: Text: 延熹二年 · Western Year: AD 159Explicit · houhanshu:117:s0078
- Source Date: Text: 建和三年 · Western Year: AD 149Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0147
- Source Date: Text: 建和二年 · Western Year: AD 148
- Source Date: Text: 建和元年 · Western Year: AD 147Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0077, houhanshu:117:s0075
- Source Date: Text: 梁 · Western Interval: Start: AD 92 · End: AD 159Explicit · liangshu:014:s0220
- Source Date: Text: 梁冀专权 · Western Interval: Start: AD 141 · End: AD 159Strongly inferred · houhanshu:089:s0283
- Source Date: Text: 梁冀威權傾朝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 141 · End: AD 146Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0091
- Source Date: Text: 永兴元年 · Western Year: AD 153Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0137
- Source Date: Text: 永寿三年后二岁 · Western Year: AD 159Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0159
- Source Date: Text: 永寿元年 · Western Year: AD 155Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0047
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-unspecifiedExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0159
Career and standing
- Label: Governor of Henan / 河南尹 · Action: heldExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0283
- Label: Grand General / 大將軍 · Action: heldExplicit · houhanshu:034:s0091
- Label: great general / 大将军 · Action: heldExplicit · houhanshu:113:s0035
- Status: executed · Action: enteredExplicit · houhanshu:117:s0078
- Label: executed / 被诛 · Action: executedExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0159
- Status: clan destroyed · Action: Liang clan executedExplicit · houhanshu:115:s0049, houhanshu:115:s0130
- Label: seals and ribbons confiscated / 收印绶 · Action: suffered · Authority Person Id: Emperor Huan (桓帝)Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0036
Places and affiliations
- Label: Eastern Han / 汉 · Relation: underStrongly inferred · houhanshu:115:s0048
- Label: Later Han / 後漢 · Relation: active-inExplicit · houhanshu:113:s0013
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0327
Events and relationships
- Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0338
- Kind: legal · Role: instigator · Action: had-Li-Gu-and-Du-Qiao-falsely-accused-and-executed · Other Person Id: Li Gu (李固)Explicit · houhanshu:115:s0048
- Kind: legal · Role: executor · Action: monopolized-power-and-wrongly-executed-Li-Gu-and-Du-QiaoExplicit · houhanshu:115:s0129
- Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0035
- Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0334
- Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: sent brother with gifts to court Yang HouExplicit · houhanshu:034:s0091
- Explicit · houhanshu:117:s0136
- Explicit · houhanshu:116:s0041, houhanshu:117:s0136
- Kind: legal · Role: perpetrator · Action: wrongly-killed-ministersExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0147
- Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Cui Qi (崔琦)Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0283
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: acted often beyond bounds · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0284
- Assessment: greedy and cruel grip on power · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · houhanshu:116:s0137
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0147
- Kind: family-collective · Statement: Liang clan members executed or exiled · Label: Liang kindred / 诸梁Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0037
- Kind: family-collective · Statement: Sun clan kindred executed or exiled with Liang · Label: Sun clan affines / 孙氏宗族Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0037
References in the histories
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