Ancient China · Wei lord who seized Jin Bi's army and saved Handan

Lord Xinling 信陵君

Xìnlíng Jūn

Attested BC 257

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lord Xinling was a Wei lord who seized Jin Bi's army and saved Handan.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 257 秦急圍邯鄲
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 76, passages 68-69

Places and affiliations

Polity Wei · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 76, passage 17

Events and relationships

Seized Jin Bi army and saved Handan
BC 257 秦急圍邯鄲 · Military · Commander · With Jin Bi (晉鄙)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 76, passages 68, 81

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 76Biographies of Lord Pingyuan and Yu Qing · 5 passages

是時齊有孟嘗，魏有信陵，楚有春申，故爭相傾以待士。 At that time, Qi had Lord Mengchang, Wei had Lord Xinling, and Chu had Lord Chunshen; all of them vied with one another to attract and maintain worthy men.

平原君既返趙，楚使春申君將兵赴救趙，魏信陵君亦矯奪晉鄙軍往救趙，皆未至。 After Lord Pingyuan returned to Zhao, Chu dispatched Lord Chunshen with troops to relieve Zhao, and Lord Xinling of Wei seized Jin Bi’s army by forged order and marched to Zhao’s rescue, but neither force had yet arrived.

虞卿欲以信陵君之存邯鄲為平原君請封。 Yu Qing wished to use the fact that Lord Xinling had saved Handan as a reason to request a further enfeoffment for Lord Pingyuan.

公孫龍聞之，夜駕見平原君曰：「龍聞虞卿欲以信陵君之存邯鄲為君請封，有之乎？」 When Gongsun Long heard this, he drove through the night to see Lord Pingyuan and said: "Long has heard that Yu Qing wishes to use Lord Xinling's saving of Handan to request an enfeoffment for Your Lordship—is this so?"

今信陵君存邯鄲而請封，是親戚受城而國人計功也。 Now that Lord Xinling has saved Handan and you seek an enfeoffment, it would be a kinsman receiving a city while the people are left to count the actual merit of others.