Lord Jingyang (涇陽君)

Overview

The translated histories identify Lord Jingyang as an aristocrat and royal family member. This record brings together 5 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	Lord Jingyang	涇陽君	Jingyang Jun
Title	Lord Jingyang	涇陽
Title	Lord Jingyang	涇陽君
Title	Lord of Jingyang	涇陽君	Jīngyáng Jūn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Aristocrat
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 昭王七年 · Western Year: BC 300
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Source Date: Text: 昭王三十六年 · Western Year: BC 271
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Source Date: Text: 界涇陽抵穰侯 · Western Year: BC 270
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Family

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Sibling of King Zhao of Qin (昭王)
Kinship Term: uterine younger brother / 同母弟 · Shared Parentage: maternal-half · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother · Intermediary Person Ids: Empress Dowager Xuan (宣太后)
Child of Empress Dowager Xuan (宣太后)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Sibling of Lord of Gaoling (高陵君)
Kinship Term: uterine brothers / 同母弟 · Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

Title: Lord of Jingyang / 涇陽君 · Action: held
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Status: hostage · Action: entered · Place: Qi / 齊 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 昭王七年 · Western Year: BC 300
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Status: exiled-to-fief · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 昭王三十六年 · Western Year: BC 271
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: too extravagant, wealthier than the royal house · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Fan Ju (范雎)
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References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 99Volume 87b: Yang Xiong 2 · 1 passage

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揚子曰：「范雎，魏之亡命也，折脅拉髂，免於微索，翕肩蹈背，扶服入橐，激卬萬乘之主，界涇陽抵穰侯而代之，當也。 Yang Xiong replied: "Fan Ju fled Wei with a broken body, dodged the searchers, crept into a sack to reach Qin, roused the king of ten thousand chariots, blocked Lord Jingyang, and unseated the Marquis of Rang—that was exactly the right moment for such a man.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 72Biography of the Marquis of Rang · 4 passages

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而昭王同母弟曰高陵君、涇陽君。 King Zhao's uterine younger brothers were titled Lord of Gaoling and Lord of Jingyang.

昭王七年，樗里子死，而使涇陽君質於齊。 In the seventh year of King Zhao, Shu Lizi died, and Lord Jingyang was dispatched as hostage to Qi.

范睢言宣太后專制，穰侯擅權於諸侯，涇陽君、高陵君之屬太侈，富於王室。 Fan Ju spoke of Empress Dowager Xuan monopolizing authority, the Marquis of Rang usurping power among the feudal lords, and the likes of Lord Jingyang and Lord Gaoling being too extravagant and wealthier than the royal house.

於是秦昭王悟，乃免相國，令涇陽之屬皆出關，就封邑。 King Zhao of Qin then understood. He dismissed the chancellor and ordered Jingyang and the others to leave the passes and go to their fiefs.