Song, Liao, and Jin · Imperial Prince, Brother of Emperor Gong

Chai Xijin 柴熙謹

First attested AD 959; died AD 964

Passages: 9
Chapters: 4
Histories: 2

Overview

Chai Xijin was an Imperial Prince, Brother of Emperor Gong.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Xi Jin	熙谨

Life and dates

Death

AD 964 乾德二年十月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passages 25, 44; New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 82

Attested activity

AD 964 乾德二年十月
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 82
AD 959 顯德六年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 80
AD 964 乾德二年十月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passages 25, 44
AD 959 显德六年八月
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 12, passage 154
AD 959 顯德六年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passages 25, 42
AD 959 顯德六年八月庚寅
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 120, passage 41

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor Shizong (世宗)
father 父
younger brother of Gong 弟
son 子
Sources vary in certainty · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passages 25, 28; New History of the Five Dynasties 12, passages 147, 154; New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 70
Sibling of Emperor Gongdi (恭帝)
imperial brother 皇弟 · Uncertain siblings
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Sources vary in certainty · Old History of the Five Dynasties 120, passage 41; New History of the Five Dynasties 12, passage 154

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Grand General of the Right Martial Guard 右武衛大將軍
AD 959 顯德六年八月 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passage 42
Grand General of the Right Martial Guard 右武衞大將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 80
Prince of Ji 紀王
AD 959 顯德六年 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passages 25, 42
Prince of Ji 紀王
Granted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 80
Prince of Ji 纪王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 12, passage 154

Source notes

Main biography says enfeoffed in Xiande 6; Ouyang account says living princes were unenfeoffed until after Shizong's death in that year. 本傳云顯德六年封；歐陽史云皇子在者先不封，八月始封
Field enfeoffment-timing · Witness Person Id Ouyang Xiu (歐陽修)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passages 25, 37, 42

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 120Volume 120 Book of Later Zhou 22: Emperor Gong Annals · 1 passage

熙謹拜光祿大夫、檢校太保、右武衛大將軍，封紀王，食邑三千戶； Xijin was appointed Grand Master of Splendid Happiness and acting Grand Guardian, made great general of the Right Martial Guards and Prince of Ji with three thousand fief households;

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 122Volume 122 Book of Later Zhou 24: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 4 passages

紀王熙謹，世宗子，顯德六年封，皇朝乾德二年卒。 Prince Xi Jin of Ji, also Shizong's son, was enfeoffed in Xiande 6 and died in the second year of the Song Qiande era.

〈（《歐陽史·家人傳》云：世宗子七人，長曰宜哥，次二皆未名，次曰恭皇帝，次曰熙讓，次曰熙謹，次曰熙誨，皆不知其母為誰氏，宜哥與其二皆為漢誅。 Ouyang Xiu's family biographies record seven sons of Shizong: the eldest Yige, two younger boys still unnamed, then the future Emperor Gong, then Xi Rang, Xi Jin, and Xi Hui. Their mothers are unknown. Yige and the two unnamed boys were killed by the Later Han.

熙謹、熙誨皆前未封爵，遂拜熙謹右武衛大將軍，封紀王； Xi Jin and Xi Hui had never held titles; now Xi Jin was made Grand General of the Right Martial Guard and Prince of Ji;

乾德二年十月，熙謹卒，熙讓、熙誨不知其所終。）〉 Xi Jin died in the tenth month of Qiande 2; what became of Xi Rang and Xi Hui is not recorded. (End of editorial note.)〉

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Later Zhou Annals 3: Shizong, Emperor Gong · 1 passage

八月庚寅，封弟熙让为曹王，熙谨纪王，熙诲蕲王。 On gengyin his younger brothers Xi Rang, Xi Jin, and Xi Hui were enfeoffed as Princes of Cao, Ji, and Qi.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 20Volume 20: Shizong of Later Zhou's Family · 3 passages

世宗子七人：長曰宜哥，次二皆未名，次曰恭皇帝，次曰熙讓，次曰熙謹，次曰熙誨，皆不知其母為誰氏。 Shizong had seven sons: the eldest was called Yige; the next two were never named; then came Emperor Gong, followed by Xirang, Xijin, and Xihui. The identity of each mother is unknown.

熙謹、熙誨皆前未封爵，遂拜熙謹右武衞大將軍，封紀王； Xijin and Xihui had not previously received titles; Xijin was then appointed Grand General of the Right Martial Guard and enfeoffed as Prince of Ji;

皇朝乾德二年十月，熙謹卒。 In the tenth month of Qiande 2 under the Song, Xijin died.