Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General and Official

Pei Ji 裴忌

Born c. AD 522

Passages: 15
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Pei Ji was a general and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Wuwei	無畏	Wuwei

Life and dates

Death

At Chang'an 長安
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 33

Age

73
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 33

Attested activity

AD 548 to AD 552 侯景之亂
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 12
AD 564 天嘉五年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 22
AD 560 天嘉初
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 19
AD 573 太建五年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 26
AD 569 太建元年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 24
AD 572 太建四年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 25

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AD 594 開皇十四年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 33

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Pei Mao (裴髦)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 2
Child of Pei Zhiping (裴之平)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 3

Career and standing

Administrator of Wu commandery 吳郡太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 17
Army Master General and Inspector of Yu 軍師將軍、豫州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 28
Grand Steward 太府卿
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 25
Interior Minister of Nankang 南康內史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 19
law officer of the Prince of Yuzhang 豫章王法曹參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 11
Left Guard General 左衛將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 18

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Minister of Justice 都官尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 26
Pacifying-Distance General 寧遠將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 12
Senior Opening General 上開府
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 32
Marquis of Le'an county 樂安縣侯
Changed · Fief Households 1000
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 24
Marquis of Dongxing county 東興縣侯
Enfeoffed · Fief Households 600
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 22
Entered
Captivity
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 32

Places and affiliations

Polity Chen · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 18
Polity Liang · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 11
Polity Northern Zhou · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 32
Polity Sui · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 33
At Wenxi in Hedong 河東聞喜
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 1
At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Died at
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 33

Works and attributed material

Speech · Addressee · With Chen Baxian (陳霸先)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 14

Events and relationships

Captured commandery
Military · Commander · At Wu commandery 吳郡 · With Wang Sengzhi (王僧智)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passages 15-16
Defeated and captured
Military · Commander · At Lüliang 呂梁
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 32
Defeated
Military · Commander · With Zhang Shaobin (張紹賓)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 20
Northern campaign
Military · Overseer · With Wu Mingche (吳明徹)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 27

Assessments and attributes

Assessment skilled at soothing the people · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 29

Source notes

錢塘 must be erroneous route
Field place · Witness Hu Sanxing
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 111

References in the histories

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History

15 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 25Volume 25: Pei Ji; Sun Yang · 15 passages

裴忌字無畏，河東聞喜人也。 Pei Ji, styled Wuwei, was from Wenxi in Hedong.

忌少聰敏，有識量，頗涉史傳，為當時所稱。 As a youth Ji was quick and perceptive, with sound judgment; he had dipped deep into histories and won praise in his day.

侯景之亂，忌招集勇力，隨高祖征討，累功為寧遠將軍。 When Hou Jing rebelled Ji raised fighting men and marched with the Founder. Merit piled up until he was made pacifying-distance general.

高祖謂忌曰：「三吳奧壤，舊稱饒沃，雖凶荒之餘，猶為殷盛，而今賊徒扇聚，天下搖心，非公無以定之，宜善思其策。」 The Founder told Ji: "The Three Wu are the empire's rich core. Even after famine they stay prosperous, yet rebels now gather and the realm wavers. No one but you can settle this. Think hard on your plan."

忌乃勒部下精兵，輕行倍道，自錢塘直趣吳郡，〔一〕夜至城下，鼓譟薄之。 Ji mustered his best troops, traveled light at forced march from Qiantang straight for Wu commandery, [1] and in a single night was under the walls beating drums and storming the gate.

僧智疑大軍至，輕舟奔杜龕，忌入據其郡。 Sengzhi thought a great host had arrived, fled by light boat to Du Kan, and Ji entered and took the commandery.

高祖受禪，徵為左衛將軍。 When the Founder took the throne Ji was summoned as left guard general.

時義安太守張紹賓據郡反，世祖以忌為持節、都督嶺北諸軍事，率眾討平之。 Zhang Shaobin, administrator of Yian, rebelled and held his commandery. Emperor Wen made Ji bearer of the staff and commander of the armies north of the range, and he led troops to crush him.

及華皎稱兵上流，高宗時為錄尚書輔政，盡命眾軍出討，委忌總知中外城防諸軍事。 When Hua Jiao rebelled upriver, Emperor Xuan was regent as recorder of the Secretariat. He sent every army against Jiao and put Ji in charge of all city defenses, within and without.

及皎平，高宗即位，太建元年，授東陽太守，改封樂安縣侯，邑一千戶。 After Jiao fell, Emperor Xuan succeeded. In the first year of Taijian (569) Ji was made administrator of Dongyang and re-enfeoffed as Marquis of Le'an with one thousand households.

吳明徹督眾軍北伐，詔忌以本官監明徹軍。 Wu Mingche led the northern campaign. An edict made Ji, in his existing post, overseer of Mingche's army.

忌善於綏撫，甚得民和。 Ji was skilled at winning people over and enjoyed deep goodwill among them.

未及之官，會明徹受詔進討彭、汴，以忌為都督，與明徹掎角俱進。 Before he took up office, Mingche was ordered to strike Peng and Bian. Ji was made commander and marched in pincer with him.

史臣曰：在梁之季，寇賊寔繁，高祖建義杖旗，將寧區夏，裴忌早識攀附，每預戎麾，摧鋒卻敵，〔九〕立功者數矣。 The historiographer writes: In Liang's last years rebels swarmed. The Founder raised the banner of righteousness to pacify the realm. Pei Ji saw early whom to follow and was ever in the field, smashing the enemy's van and driving them back [9] again and again.

〔一〕自錢塘直趣吳郡按通鑑梁敬帝紹泰元年胡注云：「按陳霸先自義興還建康，遣裴忌助黃他攻吳郡，自錢塘直趣吳郡，非路也。『錢塘』必誤。」 Note 1, on "went straight from Qiantang toward Wu commandery": Hu Sanxing notes in the Comprehensive Mirror that Chen Baxian returned from Yixing to Jiankang and sent Pei Ji to help Huang Ta attack Wu commandery; a route straight from Qiantang to Wu commandery makes no sense, so Qiantang must be an error.