Qin and Han · Royal Family Member

Sheng

Attested BC 154 - BC 113

Passages
6
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Sheng as an aristocrat, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 6 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Sheng Sheng
Posthumous name King Jing of Zhongshan 中山靖王 Zhongshan Jing Wang
Title King of Zhongshan 中山王
Title King of Zhongshan 中山王 Zhongshan Wang
Given Sheng Sheng
Personal name Sheng Sheng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
  • Source Date: Text: 孝景前三年 · Western Year: BC 154
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:059:s0092
  • Source Date: Text: 立四十二年卒 · Western Interval: Start: BC 154 · End: BC 113
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:059:s0099

Family

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  • Sibling of Pengzu (彭祖)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: maternal-half
    Kinship Term: same-mother brother / 同母 · Shared Parentage: maternal-half
  • Child of Emperor Jing (孝景皇帝)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Liu Chang (昌)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
  • Child of Emperor Xiaojing (孝景皇帝)
    Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological
  • Child of Lady Jia (賈夫人)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Kinship Role: sons-and-descendants · Count: 120 · Qualifier: more than
    Explicit · shiji:059:s0094

Career and standing

  • Title: King of Zhongshan / 中山王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
    Explicit · hanshu:006:s0069
  • Title: King of Zhongshan / 中山王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝景前三年 · Western Year: BC 154
    Explicit · shiji:059:s0092
  • Title: King of Zhongshan / 中山王 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
    Explicit · shiji:011:s0031

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: delighted in wine and women · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · shiji:059:s0094

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 6Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Jing · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 11Annals of the Xiaojing Emperor · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 59House of the Five Clans · 4 passages