Huai from Jin

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Gong Huai von Jin ( Chinese  晉懷公 , Pinyin Jìn Huái Gōng ; born presumably around 654 BC, died 637 BC ) was a Chinese ruler during the spring and autumn annals . He ruled the Jin state for less than a year 637 BC. His personal name was Yu (圉).

Yu's father was the Gong Hui from Jin , his mother came from the smaller Liang Principality , which Hui von Jin had married there in exile. Crown Prince Yu was born in 643 BC. Sent as a hostage to the more powerful Qin state . There he married, presumably not more than ten years old, Princess Huai Ying , a daughter of Gong Mu of Qin .

641 BC Qin conquered the homeland of Yu's mother, the Liang state.

638 BC Hui fell ill from Jin. His son, worried that Hui might designate another son as his successor in Yu's absence, fled Qin and was forced to leave his mate behind, who swore not to betray his escape. When Hui died, the youthful Yu ascended the throne in 637 BC. As Gong Huai from Jin.

Mu of Qin was angry about Yu's flight and supported Huai from Jin's uncle Chong'er in the military prostration of the young Huai. Mu married five of his daughters (including Huai Ying) to his favorite. Chong'er, also supported by important Jin generals, killed Huai and ascended the throne as Wen of Jin .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This can be inferred from his father's marriage to his mother during this period. See:
    Ruderich Ptak: Huai Ying . In: The Woman in Ancient China, Image and Reality: Studies on the Sources of the Zhou and Han Periods. Pp. 25-52.
personal data
SURNAME Huai from Jin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 晋怀公 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gong of the Principality of Jin
DATE OF BIRTH around 654 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 637 BC Chr.