Ancient China · Duke of Jin

Duke Jing of Jin 晉景公

Jin Jing Gong

Attested BC 599 - BC 581

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke Jing of Jin was a Duke of Jin.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 599 to BC 581 晉景公
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 194
BC 597 晉景公之三年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 4

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 194

Events and relationships

Restored orphan
Political · Ruler persuaded · With Zhao Wu (趙武)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 194

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 45House of Han · 6 passages

韓厥，晉景公之三年，晉司寇屠岸賈將作亂，誅靈公之賊趙盾。 In the third year of Duke Jing of Jin, the Minister of Justice Tu'an Jia plotted to carry out a purge, intending to punish Zhao Dun for the assassination of Duke Ling.

景公十一年，厥與郤克將兵八百乘伐齊，敗齊頃公于鞍，獲逢丑父。 In the eleventh year of Duke Jing, Han Jue and Xi Ke led an army of eight hundred chariots against Qi, defeated Duke Qing of Qi at the Battle of An, and captured Feng Choufu.

晉景公十七年，病，卜大業之不遂者為祟。 In the seventeenth year of Duke Jing of Jin, the duke fell ill. A divination revealed that the spirits of those whose great works had been cut short were causing the affliction.

韓厥稱趙成季之功，今後無祀，以感景公。 Han Jue spoke of the merits of Zhao Chengji, pointing out that his descendants now had no one to carry on the ancestral sacrifices. This moved Duke Jing deeply.

景公問曰：「尚有世乎？」 Duke Jing asked, "Are there still descendants of the Zhao line?"

太史公曰：韓厥之感晉景公，紹趙孤之子武，以成程嬰、公孫杵臼之義，此天下之陰德也。 The Grand Historian remarks: Han Jue moved Duke Jing of Jin to restore the orphan Zhao Wu, thereby fulfilling the righteous pledge of Cheng Ying and Gongsun Chujiu. This was a hidden virtue that resonated throughout the realm.