Zhu Jin (朱瑾) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhu Jin as a general, military officer, named individual, and warlord. This record brings together 14 passages from 6 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhu Jin	朱瑾	Zhu Jin
Given	Jin	瑾	Jǐn
Personal name	Zhu Jin	朱瑾	Zhu Jin
Personal	Zhu Jin	朱瑾
Personal	Zhu Jin	朱瑾	Zhū Jǐn
Personal name	Zhu Jin	朱瑾	Zhū Jǐn
Given		瑾	Jin

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:011:s0038, jiuwudaishi:012:s0076, xinwudaishi:023:s0065
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:041:s0070, xinwudaishi:044:s0043

Roles

General
Military Officer
Named Individual
Warlord

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: before Taizu's accession · Western Interval: Start: AD 883 · End: AD 905
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:023:s0065, xinwudaishi:023:s0071
Source Date: Text: 中和四年 · Western Year: AD 884
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:016:s0019
Source Date: Text: 乾寧元年三月 · Western Year: AD 894
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:016:s0034
Source Date: Text: 初收兗、鄆 · Western Interval: Start: AD 897 · End: AD 907
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:011:s0038
Source Date: Text: 太祖攻兗州 · Western Interval: Start: AD 897 · End: AD 897
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:041:s0070
Source Date: Text: 擊單父 · Western Interval: Start: AD 890 · End: AD 900
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:044:s0043
Source Date: Text: 景福元年 · Western Year: AD 892
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:012:s0075, jiuwudaishi:012:s0076
Source Date: Text: 走淮南 · Western Interval: Start: AD 907 · End: AD 912
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:044:s0072

Family

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Spouse of Wife of Zhu Jin (朱瑾妻)
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: opponent · Action: lost-Yan-and-Yun-to-Wen · Place: Yan and Yun / 兗、鄆
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:011:s0038, jiuwudaishi:011:s0039
Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: was attacked at Yan prefecture and refused to receive captured relief commanders
Explicit · xinwudaishi:023:s0065, xinwudaishi:023:s0071

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11Volume 11 Book of Later Liang 11: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

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又泣下，乃度為尼，張恒給其費。 Weeping again, she had Jin’s wife take the veil and paid her upkeep.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Book of Later Liang 12: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 2 passages

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時朱瑾領兗、鄆之眾，為徐戎外援，陣於彭門南石佛山下。 Zhu Jin of Yan and Yun brought allied troops to aid Xu and drew up south of Pengmen at Stone Buddha Mountain.

友裕縱兵擊之，斬獲甚眾，瑾領殘黨宵遁。 You Yu attacked, inflicted heavy losses, and Jin fled by night with the survivors.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 16Volume 16 Book of Later Liang 16: Biographies 6: Ge Congzhou, Xie Yanzhang, He Zhen, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guibian · 6 passages

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與兗、鄆軍遇於臨濮之劉橋，殺數萬人，朱瑄、朱瑾僅以身免，擒都將鄒務卿已下五十人。 At Liu Bridge he killed tens of thousands; Zhu Xuan and Jin barely escaped; he took fifty officers including Zou Wuqing.

從討兗州，破朱瑾之軍於馬溝。 He broke Zhu Jin at Magou in the Yanzhou campaign.

乾寧元年三月，軍至新泰縣，朱瑾令都將張約、李胡椒率三千人來拒戰，師古遣從周、張存敬掩襲，生擒張約、李胡椒等都將數十人。 Qianning 1, month 3, he ambushed and captured Zhang Yue, Li Hujiao, and dozens of Yan officers at Xintai.

朱瑾果出兵攻外壕，我軍士突出，掩殺千餘人，生擒都將張漢筠。 Jin sallied; Congzhou ambushed and killed a thousand and captured Zhang Hanyun.

從周乘勝伐兗，會朱瑾出師在徐境，其將康懷英以城降。 Pressing Yan he took it when Kang Huaiying surrendered while Jin was away.

俄而朱瑾統大軍自至，歸霸與丁會逆擊之於金鄉，瑾大敗，擒賊將宗江等七十餘人，曹州以寧。 He and Ding Hui routed Zhu Jin at Jinxiang and captured seventy officers.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 23Volume 23 Later Liang Biographies 3: Yang Shihou, Wang Jingren, He Gui, Wang Tan, Ma Sixun, Wang Qianyu, Xie Yanzhang · 2 passages

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梁太祖攻朱瑾於兗州，宣遣瑰與何懷寶、柳存等以兵萬人救兗州，瑰趨待賓館，欲絕梁餉道。 Taizu of Liang attacked Zhu Jin at Yan prefecture. Xuan sent Gui with He Huaibao, Liu Cun, and others—ten thousand men—to relieve Yan. Gui raced for the Guest Reception Hall to cut Liang’s supply line.

即盡殺降卒三千人，而系瑰及懷寶等至兗城下以招瑾，瑾不納，因斬懷寶等十餘人，而獨留瑰。 He then slaughtered all three thousand captives, bound Gui and Huaibao and the rest below Yan city to summon Jin, but Jin would not take them in. He beheaded Huaibao and more than ten others and kept Gui alone.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 41Volume 41 Miscellaneous Biographies 21: Lu Guangchou, Tan Quanbo, Lei Man, Zhong Chuan, Zhao Kuangning · 1 passage

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太祖攻兗州，朱瑾求救於晉，晉遣史儼等將兵數千救瑾，瑾敗，與儼等奔於淮南。 When Zhu Wen attacked Yan Prefecture, Zhu Jin begged Jin for aid; Jin sent Shi Yan and others with several thousand troops to rescue Zhu Jin. Zhu Jin was defeated and fled with Yan and the rest to Huainan.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 44Volume 44 Miscellaneous Biographies 24: Liu Zhijun, Ding Hui, He Delun, Yan Bao, Kang Yanxiao · 2 passages

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兗州朱瑾以兵萬餘擊單父，會及瑾戰於金鄉，大敗之。 Zhu Jin of Yan brought ten thousand men against Shanfu; Hui met him at Jinxiang and broke him.

少為朱瑾牙將，瑾走淮南，寶降於梁。 As a youth he served Zhu Jin; when Jin fled to Huainan, Bao came over to Liang.