Qin and Han · Qin military officer and later King of Sai

Sima Xin 司馬欣

Sīmǎ Xīn

Attested BC 204

Passages: 6
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Sima Xin was a Qin military officer and later King of Sai.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 204 Chu-Han contention
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 48, passage 155

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 1 Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 1 5 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 48 Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen 1 passage

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 1Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 1 · 5 passages

司馬欣為塞王，都櫟陽； Sima Xin as King of Sai, capital at Queyang;

塞王欣、翟王翳皆降漢。 King Sai Xin and King Di Yi both surrendered to Han.

塞王欣、翟王翳降楚，殷王卬死。 King Sai Xin and King Di Yi surrendered to Chu. King Yin Ang died.

大司馬咎、長史欣皆自剄汜水上。 Grand Marshal Jiu and Chief Secretary Xin both committed suicide on the Sishui.

梟故塞王欣頭櫟陽市。 He displayed the head of the former King Sai Xin in Queyang marketplace.

Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 1 passage

北擊司馬欣軍碭東，取狐父、祁善置。 He drove north against Sima Xin’s host east of Dang, seizing Hufu and the Qishan courier post.