Ancient China · General

Ju Xin 劇辛

First attested BC 311; died BC 243 to BC 236

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Ju Xin was a general.

Life and dates

Death

BC 243 to BC 236 十二年…十九年
Killed in battle · Agent Person Id Pang Nuan (龐煖)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passages 167, 171, 173
BC 242 趙悼襄王元年後居二年
Killed in battle · Authority Pang Nuan (龐煖)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 81, passage 226

Attested activity

BC 311 劇辛自趙往
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 129
BC 242 趙悼襄王元年後居二年
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 81, passage 226

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Yan 燕 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passages 168, 171; Records of the Grand Historian 81, passage 226
Polity Zhao 趙 · Relation Resided in
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 168
At Yan 燕 · Relation Fled to
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 168
At Zhao 趙 · Relation Came from
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 129
At Zhao 趙 · Relation Formerly resided
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 168

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 170

Events and relationships

Attacked
BC 243 to BC 236 十二年…十九年 · Military · Commander · Other Polity Zhao 趙
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passages 167, 171, 173
Relation Friend of · Person Pang Nuan (龐煖)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 168

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 81, passage 226

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 34House of Yan Shaogong · 4 passages

樂毅自魏往，鄒衍自齊往，劇辛自趙往，士爭趨燕。 Yue Yi came from Wei, Zou Yan came from Qi, and Ju Xin came from Zhao. The scholars competed to go to Yan.

劇辛故居趙，與龐煖善，已而亡走燕。 Ju Xin had formerly lived in the state of Zhao and was friendly with Pang Nuan, but then fled to Yan.

問劇辛，辛曰：「龐煖易與耳。」 They asked Ju Xin. Xin said, “Pang Nuan is easy to deal with.”

燕使劇辛將擊趙，趙使龐煖擊之，取燕軍二萬，殺劇辛。 Yan sent Ju Xin as the general to attack Zhao. Zhao sent Pang Nuan to attack him, captured twenty thousand Yan soldiers, and killed Ju Xin.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 81Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru · 1 passage

居二年，龐煖破燕軍，殺劇辛。 Two years later, Pang Nuan defeated Yan's army and killed Ju Xin.