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Han Xin韩信

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A Han general, later made King of Chu, rebelled and was executed.

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Han Xin, and the people around them.

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ALLEGIANCE

Allegiance

Rulers, appointments and allegiance

13 figures · 15 records
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02
CONFLICT

Conflict

Battles, captures and defeat

15 figures · 20 records
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03
THE UNSEEN

Mythic acts

Transformation, aid and divine punishment

4 figures · 5 records
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  1. Official history

    Book of Han

    31 profile notes
    31 relations51 verified quotations
    • Liu Bang→ appoint →Han Xin
    • Liu Bang→ catch →Han Xin
    • Han Xin→ ruler-subject →Liu Bang
    • Han Xin→ subordinate →Xiang Yu
    Verified original text · 51
    1. 举韩信于行陈

      promote · Book of Han, 叙传上

    2. 爪牙信、布

      subordinate · Book of Han, 叙传下

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  2. Official history

    Book of the Later Han

    4 profile notes
    0 relations0 verified quotations

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  3. 19 profile notes
    31 relations44 verified quotations
    • Liu Bang→ appoint →Han Xin
    • Liu Bang→ catch →Han Xin
    • Han Xin→ ruler-subject →Liu Bang
    • Han Xin→ offer strategy →Liu Bang
    Verified original text · 44
    1. 取楚王信

      catch · Records of the Grand Historian, 樊郦滕灌列传

    2. 上令武士缚信，载后车。

      capture · Records of the Grand Historian, 淮阴侯列传

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Where the histories differ

Records of the Grand Historian sets up a separate biography for Han Xin and personally visits his grave, while History of Han incorporates him into a combined biography of non-imperial princes with a general discussion.

  • histories differHan Xin's biographical style and personal sentiments in official histories

    In Records of the Grand Historian, the Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin is a separate volume for Han Xin, and the Grand Historian personally visited Huaiyin to pay respects at his mother's tomb, expressing deep regret: "When I went to Huaiyin, the people of Huaiyin told me that even when Han Xin was a commoner, his ambitions differed from others. When his mother died, he was too poor to bury her, but he sought a high and open place, so that beside it could accommodate ten thousand households. I looked at his mother's tomb, and indeed it was so." In History of Han, the Biography of Han, Peng, Ying, Lu, and Wu combines Han Xin with Peng Yue, Ying Bu, Lu Wan, and Wu Rui into one volume, and the appraisal only makes a general comment: "All of them seized opportunities through expedient changes, achieved success by deceit and force, and all obtained fiefs and faced south as lords. When they became powerful and were suspected, they felt uneasy, and when circumstances became difficult and pressure mounted, they eventually plotted rebellion and were finally destroyed."

Relationship network

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Han XinHan XinLiu BangLiu BangXiang YuXiang YuEmpress LüEmpress LüGuan YingGuan YingZhang LiangZhang LiangXiao HeXiao HeHan WangHan WangFan KuaiFan KuaiCao ShenCao ShenPeng YuePeng YueXiang LiangChen XiChen YuEmperor GaoYing BuLi YijiWei BaoLong JuZhang CangKuai TongFu KuanTian DanJin Xi
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Sources: Records of the Grand Historian, 傅靳蒯成列传; Book of the Later Han, 王充王符仲长统列传; Book of Han, 五行志_ch. 27上; Records of the Grand Historian, 匈奴列传; Book of the Later Han, 耿弇列传; Book of Han, 刑法志; Records of the Grand Historian, 张丞相列传; Book of the Later Han, 郡国一司隶

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