Ancient China · Aristocrat and Knight-Errant

Lord Xinling 信陵君

Xinling Jun

Attested BC 257 - BC 257

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lord Xinling was an aristocrat and Knight-Errant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 257 信陵無忌竊符矯命
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 104, passage 11
BC 257 列國公子…競為遊俠
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 104, passage 9

Career and standing

wandering knight-errant 遊俠
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 9

Places and affiliations

Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 9

Events and relationships

Stole tally forged orders executed general seized army
Military · Commander · With Lord Pingyuan (平原君)
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 11
Relation Rescuer of · Person Lord Pingyuan (平原君)
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 11

Assessments and attributes

Assessment among Four Heroes; criminals against the Six States · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 22

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 104Volume 92: Youxias · 2 passages

由是列國公子，魏有信陵、趙有平原、齊有孟嘗、楚有春申，皆借王公之勢，競為遊俠，雞鳴狗盜，無不賓禮。 Then came the famous lords of the blood: Xinling in Wei, Pingyuan in Zhao, Mengchang in Qi, and Chunshen in Chu. Trading on royal connections, they competed in knight-errantry and received even men of the pettiest talents as honored guests.

信陵無忌竊符矯命，戮將專師，以赴平原之急：皆以取重諸侯，顯名天下，扼腕而游談者，以四豪為稱首。 Lord Xinling forged a royal order, killed a general, and seized an army to lift the siege on Pingyuan—all for the glamour of being indispensable to princes and famous across the world, so every bravo who cracked knuckles in a wine shop ranked the Four Lords first.