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Jiang Qin Sanguo Zhi Biographytranslated by Lady Sun Jiang Qin, styled Gongyi, was a man from Shouchun in Jiujiang. He was an attendant when Sun Ce attacked Yuan Shu. When Sun Ce sailed east, Jiang Qin was made Major with a Separate Command and given military command. He accompanied Sun Ce’s in his expeditions around, and pacified the three commanderies [that was to be the base of Wu’s power]. After that he followed Sun Ce to conquer Yuzhang. Then, he was moved to be Commandant of Geyang, and had governed three prefectures, vanquishing the bandits and eventually he was made Chief Commandantl of the West.When the bandits Lü He and Qin Lang from Ye in Huiqi rose in rebellion, Jiang Qin led troops to fight them, and captured Lü He and Qin Lang. As those five prefectures were pacified, he was relocated and promoted as the General of the Gentlemen of the Household who Defeats the Yue. He was also give Jingqu and Zhaoyang as his fiefs. When He Qi fought the bandits at Yi, Jiang Qin led ten thousand men and defeated the bandits together with He Qi. Jiang Qin was also a member of Sun Quan’s expedition to Hefei. When the Wei general Zhang Liao assailed Sun Quan at North Jin, Jiang Qin fought bravely and had many merits, and so Sun Quan made him General Who Terrifies Criminals, and Controller of Ruxu. Later on, he was recalled to the capital, and made Commissioner of the Army of Western Jin, with additional duties at the legal court. Once, Sun Quan walked into the inner halls of Jiang Qin’s house, and found that Jiang’s mother only had a light bed-curtain and cotton blankets, and his wives and concubines wore only simply cloth dresses. Sun Quan, greatly impressed by Jiang Qin’s virtue of living a frugal life even though his rank was high, ordered his own household to make silken blankets Jiang’s mother, and to exchange her curtains for better ones. His wives and concubines were given silken and embroidered clothes. In an earlier time, Jiang Qin was on guard of Xuancheng, and was out fighting the bandits at Yuzhang. Xu Sheng, the prefect of Wuhu at that time, arrested an official of Jiang Qin’s, and asked to behead him. As Jiang Qin was away, Sun Quan denied the request, but since then Xu Sheng became estranged from Jiang Qin. When later, Cao Cao lead an army out of Ruxu, Jiang Qin and Lü Meng were in charge of military discipline, and Xu Sheng was paranoid that Jiang Qin would find some reason to cause him harm. However, Jiang Qin frequently gave high praises of Xu Sheng instead. At that, Xu Sheng became convinced of his virtues, and those who discussed these things consider well of Jiang Qin. When Sun Quan did battle with Guan Yu, Jinag Qin led the navy at Mian. On the way back, he fell ill and died. Sun Quan mourned for him in mourning apparel, and gave two hundred households and two hundred acres of land at Wuhu for the support of Jiang Qin’s family. His son, Yi, Sun Quan made the Marquis of Xuancheng. He gained merits during the defence against Liu Bei, and returned to Nanjun where he fought with the Wei army. He died in battle there. Yi did not have offspring, and so his brother Xiu was given the military command, though he later was discharged due to misdemeanor. © Copyright Lady
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