Qin and Han · Liu Bang's retainer Xiahou Ying, known by the title Lord Teng

Xiahou Ying 夏侯嬰

Xiàhóu Yīng

Attested BC 202 - BC 196

Passages: 16
Chapters: 6
Histories: 2

Overview

Xiahou Ying was a Liu Bang's retainer Xiahou Ying, known by the title Lord Teng.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Teng Gong	滕公	Téng Gōng

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 196 十一年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 91, passages 100, 123
BC 202 及項羽滅
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 100, passages 4, 12
BC 202 項籍滅，高祖購求布
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 46, passages 3, 9

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Title En Grand Coachman · Title Zh 太僕
Directly stated · Book of Han 5, passage 314
Marquis of Ruyin 汝陰侯
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 91, passage 123; Records of the Grand Historian 100, passage 12

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 46, passage 9

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Liu Bang (劉邦)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 100, passage 25

Events and relationships

Spoke to sovereign
Petition · Advocate · With Liu Bang (劉邦)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 100, passage 25
Spoke to throne
Petition · Intercessor · With Ji Bu (季布)
Directly stated · Book of Han 46, passage 17
Relation Patron of · Person Duke of Xue (薛公)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 91, passage 128
Relation Intercessor for · Person Ji Bu (季布)
Directly stated · Book of Han 46, passages 16-17

References in the histories

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History

16 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 1Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 1 · 3 passages

有頃，沛公起如廁，招樊噲出，置車官屬，獨騎，與樊噲、靳彊、滕公、紀成步，從間道走軍，使張良留謝羽。 After a while, Pei Gong rose as if to use the privy and beckoned Fan Kuai out. Leaving his carriages and attendants behind, he rode off alone, while Fan Kuai, Jin Qiang, Lord Teng, and Ji Cheng went on foot. They fled the camp by a side road, and he had Zhang Liang remain to apologize to Xiang Yu.

滕公下收載，遂得脫。 Lord Teng dismounted to pick them up and put them in the carriage, and thus they escaped.

漢王跳，獨與滕公共車出成皋玉門，北渡河，宿小脩武。 The King of Han escaped suddenly, sharing a chariot only with Lord Teng as he left Chenggao by the Jade Gate. They crossed the Yellow River northward and spent the night at Xiao Xiuwu.

Book of Han, Chapter 2Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 2 · 1 passage

上問諸將，滕公言故楚令尹薛公有籌策。 The emperor asked the generals. Teng Gong spoke of the former Chu prime minister Xue Gong who had strategy.

Book of Han, Chapter 5Volume 4: Annals of Emperor Wen · 1 passage

使太僕嬰、東牟侯興居先清宮，奉天子法駕迎代邸。 He ordered Grand Coachman Xiahou Ying and Liu Xingju, Marquis of Dongmou, to clear the palace first, then bring the imperial ceremonial carriage to welcome him at the Dai residence.

Book of Han, Chapter 46Volume 37: Ji Bu, Luan Bu and Tian Shu · 2 passages

乃之雒陽見汝陰侯滕公，說曰：「季布何罪？ Then he traveled to Luoyang to see Xiahou Ying, the Marquis of Ru-yin, and argued, "What wrong has Ji Bu done?

滕公心知朱家大俠，意布匿其所，乃許諾。 Xiahou Ying knew Zhu Jia for a famous man of chivalry and guessed Ji Bu lay hidden with him; he agreed to speak.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 91Biography of Qing Bu · 3 passages

汝陰侯滕公召故楚令尹問之。 The Marquis of Ruyin, Lord Teng, summoned the former Chief Minister of Chu and consulted him on the matter.

滕公曰：「上裂地而王之，疏爵而貴之，南面而立萬乘之主，其反何也？」 Lord Teng asked, "The Emperor carved out territory and made him a king, bestowed a noble title upon him, and set him up as a ruler of ten thousand chariots. Why would he rebel?"

滕公言之上曰：「臣客故楚令尹薛公者，其人有籌筴之計，可問。」 Lord Teng reported to the Emperor, "My retainer, the former Chu Chief Minister known as the Duke of Xue, is a man of great strategic insight. He should be consulted."

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 100Biographies of Ji Bu and Luan Bu · 6 passages

朱家乃乘軺車之洛陽，見汝陰侯滕公。 Zhu Jia then rode a light carriage to Luoyang, where he called upon Xiahou Ying, the Marquis of Ruyin.

滕公留朱家飲數日。 The Marquis kept Zhu Jia as his guest and drank with him for several days.

因謂滕公曰：「季布何大罪，而上求之急也？」 He then asked Teng Gong, "What grave offense has Ji Bu committed, for the Sovereign to pursue him with such urgency?"

滕公曰：「布數為項羽窘上，上怨之，故必欲得之。」 Teng Gong said, "Ji Bu repeatedly put the Sovereign in dire straits while serving Xiang Yu; the Sovereign resents him, and therefore is determined to capture him."

曰：「賢者也。」 Teng Gong said, "A worthy man."

汝陰侯滕公心知朱家大俠，意季布匿其所，乃許曰：「諾。」 The Marquis of Ruyin, Teng Gong, knew in his heart that Zhu Jia was a great knight-errant, and suspected that Ji Bu was hiding in his home. He then agreed, saying, 'Very well.'