Ancient China · Chu Minister

Jin Shang 靳尚

Attested BC 328 - BC 299

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jin Shang was a Chu Minister.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 328 to BC 299 楚懷王
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 84, passages 2, 42

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 84Biographies of Qu Yuan and Master Jia · 1 passage

如楚，又因厚幣用事者臣靳尚，而設詭辯於懷王之寵姬鄭袖。 He went to Chu and bribed the powerful minister Jin Shang with lavish gifts, then contrived through cunning arguments to win over King Huai's favored consort, Zheng Xiu.