Ancient China · Ruler of Jin

Duke Xian of Jin 晉獻公

Jin Xian Gong

Attested BC 676 - BC 651

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Duke Xian of Jin was a ruler of Jin.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 676 to BC 651 昔者晉獻公
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 99, passage 161
BC 676 to BC 651 晉獻
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 70, passage 239
BC 676 to BC 651 晉獻公滅霍公
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 84

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Li Ji (骊姬)
consort 姬 · Concubinage
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 99, passage 161
Parent of Xi Qi (奚齊)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 99, passage 161
Parent of Deposed Crown Prince of Jin (晉廢太子)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 99, passage 161
Parent of Shensheng (申生)
son
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 70, passage 239

Key source chapters

Events and relationships

Destroyed
Military · Actor · With Duke Huo (霍公)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 84

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 1 passage

是以晉獻被納讒之謗，申生蒙無罪之辜。 Thus Duke Xian of Jin suffered slander from accepted calumny, and Shensheng bore guilt though innocent.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 1 passage

武王封弟叔處於霍，後世晉獻公滅霍公，後世為庶民，往來居平陽。 King Wu enfeoffed his younger brother Shuchu at Huo. In a later generation, Duke Xian of Jin destroyed Duke Huo, and his descendants became commoners, moving back and forth until they settled at Pingyang.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 99Biographies of Liu Jing and Shusun Tong · 1 passage

漢十二年，高祖欲以趙王如意易太子，叔孫通諫上曰：「昔者晉獻公以驪姬之故廢太子，立奚齊，晉國亂者數十年，為天下笑。 In the twelfth year of Han, Gaozu wished to replace the Crown Prince with King Ruyi of Zhao. Shusun Tong admonished the High Emperor, saying, 'Formerly, Duke Xian of Jin deposed the crown prince because of Li Ji and established Xi Qi, plunging Jin into disorder for several decades and making it the laughingstock of the empire.