Xi Jian (郤儉) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xi Jian as an administrator and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xi Jian	郤儉	Xi Jian
Given	Jian	儉
Surname	Xi	郤
Personal name	Xi Jian	郤儉

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · sanguozhi:031:s0129

Roles

Administrator
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 出為監軍使者，領益州牧 · Western Year: AD 188
Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:031:s0129

Family

Ancestor of Xi Zheng (郤正)
Kinship Term: ancestor / 祖

References in the histories

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Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 31Volume 31: Book of Shu 1: Biographies of the Two Governor Lius · 4 passages

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是時益州逆賊馬相、趙祗等於綿竹縣自號黃巾，合聚疲役之民，一二日中得數千人，先殺綿竹令李升，吏民翕集，合萬餘人，便前破雒縣，攻益州殺儉，又到蜀郡、犍為，旬月之間，破壞三郡。 About then rebels Ma Xiang and Zhao Qi in Yizhou raised the Yellow Turban banner at Mianzhu, sweeping up worn-out conscripts. Within a day or two they had thousands of followers; they slew Magistrate Li Sheng, and officials and townsfolk rallied until their host passed ten thousand. They took Luoxian, struck down Inspector Xi Jian of Yizhou, then swept through Shu and Qianwei—three commanderies ruined inside a month.

會益州刺史郤儉賦斂煩擾，謠言遠聞，儉，郤正祖也。 About then Yizhou Inspector Xi Jian was grinding the people with heavy levies until rumor of it spread far; Xi Jian was an ancestor of Xi Zheng.

出為監軍使者，領益州牧，封陽城侯，當收儉治罪； He was sent out as supervisory army envoy with the governorship of Yizhou, enfeoffed as Marquis of Yangcheng, and charged to seize Xi Jian and bring him to justice;

前刺史劉雋、郤儉皆貪殘放濫，取受狼籍，元元無聊，呼嗟充野，焉到便收攝行法，以示萬姓，勿令漏露，使癰疽決潰，為國生梗。 His predecessors Liu Juan and Xi Jian had been rapacious and lawless, their extortion so rampant that the people were destitute and the countryside rang with lament. Yan was to arrest them at once, enforce the law before the people, and drain the abscess before it festered into a national crisis.