Ancient China · Aristocrat

Lord Xinling 魏公子

Attested BC 257

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lord Xinling was an aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 257 魏公子…觸冒強秦之鋒
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 40

Places and affiliations

Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 40

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 38Volume 33: Biographies of Zhu, Feng, Yu, Zheng, Zhou · 2 passages

魏公子顧朋友之要，觸冒強秦之鋒。 Lord Xinling honored a friend's plea and threw himself against Qin's blades.

夫楚、魏非有分職匡正之大義也，莊王但為爭強而發忿，公子以一言而立信耳。 Neither Chu nor Wei had the solemn mandate of setting the realm right; King Zhuang acted from wounded pride, Xinling from a single pledge kept.