Qin and Han · Joseon Crown Prince and Marquis of Ji

Changjiang 長降

Zhangjiang

Attested BC 109 - BC 108

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Changjiang was a Joseon Crown Prince and Marquis of Ji.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 109 元封二年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 115, passages 11, 27-29
BC 108 元封三年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 115, passages 52, 54-55

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Ugeo (右渠)
son 子
crown prince 太子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 115, passages 27, 54

Career and standing

Marquis of Ji 幾侯
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 115, passage 55
Marquis of Ji 幾侯
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 115, passage 55

Places and affiliations

Han 漢
Relation Surrendered to
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 115, passage 54
Joseon 朝鮮
Relation Royal of
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 115, passages 27, 54

Events and relationships

Sent to apologize then withdrew
Diplomatic · Envoy prince · At Pae River 浿水
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 115, passages 27-29
Surrendered
Diplomatic · Surrenderer · With Xun Zhi (荀彘)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 115, passage 54

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 115Treatise on Korea · 6 passages

遣太子入謝，獻馬五千匹，及饋軍糧。 He sent his crown prince to make a formal apology, presenting five thousand horses and supplies of grain for the army.

人眾萬餘，持兵，方渡浿水，使者及左將軍疑其為變，謂太子已服降，宜命人毋持兵。 The prince arrived with a retinue of more than ten thousand men, all bearing arms, and was about to cross the Pae River. The envoy and the Left General, suspecting a ruse, told the prince that since he had already agreed to surrender, his people should lay down their weapons.

太子亦疑使者左將軍詐殺之，遂不渡浿水，復引歸。 The crown prince, in turn, suspected that the envoy and the Left General were plotting to kill him, and so refused to cross the Pae River. He led his men back the way they had come.

天子曰將率不能，前（及）［乃］使衛山諭降右渠，右渠遣太子，山使不能剸決，與左將軍計相誤，卒沮約。 The Son of Heaven declared that the commanders could not advance, and then sent Wei Shan to negotiate Ugeo's surrender. Ugeo dispatched his crown prince in response, but Wei Shan failed to handle the matter decisively; his actions clashed with the Left General's plans, and in the end the agreement fell through.

左將軍使右渠子長降、相路人之子最告諭其民，誅成巳，以故遂定朝鮮，為四郡。 The Left General had Ugeo's son, Changjiang, surrender and had Lu Ren's son, Zui, issue a proclamation to the people. He executed Cheng Ji, and with this, Joseon was at last pacified and divided into four commanderies.

封參為澅清侯，陰為荻苴侯，唊為平州侯，長［降］為幾侯。 Shen was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Huaqing, Han Yin as the Marquis of Diqu, Wang Xia as the Marquis of Pingzhou, and Chang as the Marquis of Ji.