Qin and Han · Military Officer

Chen Shi 陳釋

Attested BC 207

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Shi was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Death

Killed in battle
Directly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 115

Attested activity

BC 207 鉅鹿之圍
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 41, passage 109

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 41Volume 32: Zhang Er and Chen Yu · 5 passages

數月，耳大怒，怨餘，使張黶、陳釋往讓餘曰：「始吾與公為刎頸交，今王與耳旦暮死，而公擁兵數萬，不肯相救，相不赴奏俱死？ After months, Zhang Er was furious and sent Zhang Yan and Chen Shi to reproach Chen Yu, saying, "We swore we would die for each other. Now the king and I face death at any moment, yet you sit with tens of thousands of troops and refuse to come to our aid — will you not come and die with us?

張黶、陳釋曰：「事已急，要以俱死立信，安知後慮！」 "Zhang Yan and Chen Shi said the crisis required dying together to keep faith, not planning for a distant future."

乃使五千人令張黶、陳釋先嘗秦軍，至皆沒。 He then sent five thousand men under Zhang Yan and Chen Shi to test Qin first; all were lost.

與餘相見，責讓餘，問張黶、陳釋所在。 When they met Chen Yu, they reproached him and asked where Zhang Yan and Chen Shi were.

餘曰：「黶、釋以必死責臣，臣使將五千人先嘗秦軍，皆沒。」 "Chen Yu said they had demanded certain death, so he sent them with five thousand men to test Qin first, and all perished."