Lou Jing (婁敬) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Lou Jing as a diplomat, envoy, and official. This record brings together 24 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Lou Jing	婁敬	Lou Jing
Surname	Liu	劉	Liu
Personal name	Liu Jing	劉敬	Liu Jing
Title	Lord Fengchun	奉春君	Fengchun Jun
Title	Lord of Fengchun	奉春君	Fengchun Jun
Surname	Lou	婁	Lou
Personal name	Lou Jing	婁敬	Lou Jing
Personal name	Lou Jing	婁敬
Title	Marquis of Jianxin	建信侯	Jianxin Hou
Title	Marquis Within the Passes	關內侯	Guannei Hou

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:099:s0001, suishu:043:s0048

Roles

Diplomat
Envoy
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 和親後 · Western Year: BC 198
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:099:s0070, shiji:099:s0071
Source Date: Text: 婁敬…徙之長安 · Western Year: BC 200
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:099:s0097
Source Date: Text: 漢七年 · Western Year: BC 200
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:099:s0033, shiji:099:s0037
Source Date: Text: 漢五年 · Western Year: BC 202
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:099:s0002, shiji:099:s0001
Source Date: Text: 漢初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 202 · End: AD 195
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:043:s0048

Career and standing

Label: Palace Attendant / 郎中 · Action: appointed
Explicit · shiji:099:s0032
Title: Marquis of Jianxin / 建信侯 · Households: 2000 · Action: enfeoffed
Explicit · shiji:099:s0047
Title: Lord of Fengchun / 奉春君 · Action: granted
Explicit · shiji:099:s0032
Title: Marquis Within the Passes / 關內侯 · Action: granted
Explicit · shiji:099:s0047
Text: 奉春君
Explicit · hanshu:002:s0093
Status: imprisonment · Action: entered · Place: Guangwu / 廣武 · Authority Person Id: Emperor Gao (高帝)
Explicit · shiji:099:s0043
Status: pardon · Action: received · Authority Person Id: Emperor Gao (高帝)
Explicit · shiji:099:s0045

Places and affiliations

Label: Han / 漢 · Relation: served
Explicit · shiji:099:s0002, shiji:099:s0032
Place: Qi / 齊
Explicit · shiji:099:s0001
Place: Longxi / 隴西 · Relation: garrisoned-at
Explicit · shiji:099:s0002

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: concluded-heqin · Other Person Id: Modu (冒頓) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 和親 · Western Year: BC 198
Explicit · shiji:099:s0070
Kind: administrative · Role: organizer · Action: relocated-powerful-clans-to-guanzhong · Place: Guanzhong / 關中
Explicit · shiji:099:s0081
Kind: counsel · Role: advisor · Action: urged-capital-in-guanzhong · Other Person Id: Emperor Gao (高帝) · Place: Luoyang / 洛陽 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢五年 · Western Year: BC 202
Explicit · shiji:099:s0008, shiji:099:s0024, shiji:099:s0026, shiji:099:s0030
Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: warned-against-attacking-xiongnu · Other Person Id: Emperor Gao (高帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢七年 · Western Year: BC 200
Explicit · shiji:099:s0037, shiji:099:s0039
Relation: associate-of · Person Id: Emperor Gaozu of Han (漢高)
Explicit · suishu:043:s0048

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: secured peace for ten thousand generations with a single proposal · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Source Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)
Explicit · shiji:099:s0190

Source notes

From: Lou Jing / 婁敬 · To: Liu Jing / 劉敬 · Reason: granted imperial surname
Explicit · shiji:099:s0031, shiji:099:s0032
Text: 賜姓劉氏
Explicit · hanshu:002:s0093