Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General

Xi Jin 奚斤

Xī Jīn

Attested AD 409 - AD 423

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xi Jin was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 409 to AD 423 太宗西巡
Directly stated · Book of Wei 31, passage 120

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Wei 31, passage 120

Events and relationships

Defeated
AD 409 to AD 423 太宗西巡 · Military · Vanguard commander · At Yuele tribe 越勒部 · With Wei Guzhen (尉古真)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 31, passage 120

References in the histories

Book of Wei, Chapter 31Volume 26: Zhang Sunfei, Weu Guzhen · 1 passage

太宗西巡，古真與奚斤等率前軍討越勒部，[2]大破之，獲馬五萬匹，牛羊二十萬頭，掠二萬餘家西還。 On Taizong's western progress Guzhen and Xi Jin led the van against the Yuele tribe[2] and shattered them, taking fifty thousand horses, two hundred thousand cattle and sheep, and herding more than twenty thousand households west as booty.