Qin and Han · Named Individual

Jiang Chong 江充

Attested BC 100

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jiang Chong was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 100 充告丹
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 90

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 59House of the Five Clans · 2 passages

其太子丹與其女及同產姊姦，與其客江充有卻。 His crown prince Dan committed incest with his own daughter and with a sister born of the same mother, and fell into a bitter feud with a retainer named Jiang Chong.

充告丹，丹以故廢。 Jiang Chong reported Dan's offenses, and as a result Dan was deposed as heir.