Yu Xin (于莘) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yu Xin as an official. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yu Xin	于莘	Yuxin
Personal name	Yuxin	于莘	Yúxīn

Identity

Historicity: Uncertain
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Value: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:022:s0015

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Qualitative: legendary antiquity
Explicit · hanshu:022:s0015

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: counselor · Action: joined-in-evil · Other Person Ids: Jie (桀), King Zhou of Shang (紂) · Outcome: evil carried out
Explicit · hanshu:022:s0015

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 20Table of Ancient and Modern Persons · 1 passage

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桀紂，龍逢、比干欲與之為善則誅，于莘、崇侯與之為惡則行。 By contrast, with Jie and Zhou, Long Feng and Bi Gan were executed for trying to do what was right with them, while Yu Xin and the Marquis of Chong were followed when they proposed evil.

Book of Han, Chapter 22Volume 20: Prominent People from the Past Until the Present · 1 passage

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桀紂，龍逢、比干欲與之為善則誅，于莘、崇侯與之為惡則行。 By contrast, with Jie and Zhou, Long Feng and Bi Gan were executed for trying to do what was right with them, while Yuxin and the Marquis of Chong were followed when they proposed evil.