Qin and Han · Aristocrat

Marquis of Gai Xin 蓋侯信

Gai Hou Xin

Attested BC 141 - BC 87

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Marquis of Gai Xin as an aristocrat. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Marquis of Gai Xin 蓋侯信 Gai Hou Xin
Title Marquis of Gai 蓋侯 Gài hóu
Title Marquis of Gai Xin 蓋侯信
Personal Xin
Personal name Xin Xìn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 武帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:059:s0239
  • Source Date: Text: 武帝時期 · Western Interval: Start: BC 140 · End: BC 120
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:120:s0122

Career and standing

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 59Volume 50: Zhang, Feng, Ji and Zheng · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 120Biographies of Ji and Zheng · 1 passage