Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and General

Jiang Ziyi 江子一

Attested AD 502 - AD 548

Passages: 12
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jiang Ziyi was an official and General.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yuanchen	元貞	Yuanzhen
Posthumous name	Righteous	義子	Yizi

Life and dates

Death

Killed in battle
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passages 88-89

Attested activity

AD 502 to AD 519 天監中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 43, passages 69-70
AD 548 太清二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 43, passages 83, 104

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Jiang Tong (統)
seventh-generation descendant 七世孫 · paternal line · 7 generations
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 68
Kin of Zhu Yi (朱异)
uncle by marriage 姑夫 · Through Paternal aunt of Jiang Ziyi (江子一之姑)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 73
Child of Jiang Facheng (法成)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 69
Sibling of Jiang Ziwu (子五)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passages 78, 86
Sibling of Jiang Zisi (江子四)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passages 76, 78

Career and standing

General of Martial Proclamation and colonel of the southern ford 戎昭將軍、南津校尉
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 75
palace attendant 侍中
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 92
Yellow Gate gentleman 給事黃門侍郎
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 91

Places and affiliations

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 68
At Kaocheng in Jiyang 濟陽考城
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 68
At Suichang 遂昌 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 74

Works and attributed material

Nine Ranks 九品
Relation Continued
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 95
Yellow Chart 黃圖
Relation Continued
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 95
Memorial · Author · With Xiao Gang (蕭綱)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passage 85

Events and relationships

Led sortie from Chengming Gate
Military · Commander · With Hou Jing (侯景)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 43, passages 86, 88

References in the histories

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History

12 passages

Book of Liang, Chapter 43Volume 43: Wei Can; Jiang Ziyi; Jiang Zisi; Jiang Ziwu; Zhang Sheng; Shen Jun; Liu Jingli · 12 passages

韋粲江子一弟子四子五張嵊沈浚柳敬禮 Wei Can; Jiang Ziyi; his younger brothers Zisi and Ziwu; Zhang Sheng; Shen Jun; Liu Jingli

江子一字元貞，濟陽考城人，晉散騎常侍統之七世孫也。 Jiang Ziyi, styled Yuanchen, came from Kaocheng in Jiyang, seventh-generation descendant of Jin's regular palace attendant Tong.

子一少好學，有志操，以家貧闕養，因蔬食終身。 Ziyi from youth loved learning and had resolve; because his family was poor he ate vegetables all his life.

其姑夫右衛將軍朱异，權要當朝，休下之日，賓客輻湊，子一未嘗造門，其高潔如此。 His uncle by marriage, Right Guard Zhu Yi, held power; on days off guests crowded in—but Ziyi never came to his gate; such was his lofty purity.

及侯景反，攻陷歷陽，自橫江將渡，子一帥舟師千餘人，於下流欲邀之，其副董桃生家在江北，因與其黨散走。 When Hou Jing rebelled and took Liyang and was about to cross from Hengjiang, Ziyi led more than a thousand boats downstream to intercept him, but deputy Dong Taosheng had family north of the river and fled with his faction.

子一乃退還南洲，復收餘衆，步道赴京師。 Ziyi withdrew to South Isle, gathered the remainder again, and went on foot toward the capital.

賊亦尋至，子一啓太宗曰：「賊圍未合，猶可出蕩，若營柵一固，無所用武。」 The bandit soon arrived; Ziyi memorialized the Heir Apparent, "The siege is not yet closed—one can still sally out; once camps are fixed, arms are useless."

子一乃身先士卒，抽戈獨進，群賊夾攻之，從者莫敢繼。 Ziyi took the lead, drew his halberd and advanced alone; bandits attacked from both sides and followers dared not follow.

詔曰：「故戎昭將軍、通直散騎侍郎、南津校尉江子一，前尚書右丞江子四，東宮直殿主帥子五，禍故有聞，良以矜惻，死事加等，抑惟舊章。 An edict said, "The late General of Martial Proclamation, regular palace attendant, and colonel of the southern ford Jiang Ziyi; the late right assistant Jiang Zisi; and Eastern Palace direct-hall commander Ziwu—misfortune has brought report and we are deeply moved; to die for the affair merits higher rank by old regulations.

可贈子一給事黃門侍郎，子四中書侍郎，子五散騎侍郎。」 Ziyi may be posthumously made Yellow Gate gentleman; Zisi Secretariat gentleman; Ziwu regular palace attendant."

侯景平，世祖又追贈子一侍中，諡義子； When Hou Jing was pacified Emperor Shizu again posthumously made Ziyi palace attendant with the posthumous title Righteous;

子一續《黃圖》及班固「九品」，並辭賦文筆數十篇，行於世。 Ziyi continued the Yellow Chart and Ban Gu's "Nine Ranks," and several tens of rhapsodies and prose pieces, which circulated in the world.