Ancient China · Statesman and Strategist

Jiu Fan 咎犯

Attested BC 636 - BC 628

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jiu Fan was a statesman and Strategist.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 636 to BC 628 晉用咎犯
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 25, passage 12

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 25, passage 12

Events and relationships

Employed by Jin
Political · Appointee
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 25, passage 12

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 25Treatise on the Pitch-Pipes · 1 passage

自是之後，名士迭興，晉用咎犯，而齊用王子，吳用孫武，申明軍約，賞罰必信，卒伯諸侯，兼列邦土，雖不及三代之誥誓，然身寵君尊，當世顯揚，可不謂榮焉？ From this time onward, famous scholars alternately rose. Jin used Jiu Fan, Qi used Wang Zi, Wu used Sun Wu. They explained and clarified army covenants; rewards and punishments were trustworthy. Their troops became hegemons among the feudal lords, combining and listing the lands of the states. Though they did not reach the declarations and oaths of the Three Dynasties, nevertheless they themselves were favored, and their lords were honored; they were famous and raised up in the current age. Can this not be called glory?