Ji Bu

Ji Bu
Chinese	Quý bố
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jì Bù Wade–Giles Chi Pu

In thisChinese name,thefamily nameisJi.

Ji Bu(fl.200s BC) was a Chinese military general from lateQinto the earlyWestern Han dynasty.He was from Xiaxiang ( hạ tương; present-daySucheng District,Suqian,Jiangsu). He previously served underXiang Yu,a warlord who engagedLiu Bang (Emperor Gaozu),the founder of the Han dynasty, in a four-year-long power struggle historically known as theChu–Han Contention(206–202 BC). After Xiang Yu's defeat and death, Ji Bu became a fugitive of the Han Empire and had a price placed on his head by Emperor Gaozu. However, the emperor eventually pardoned him after being persuaded byXiahou Yingand recruited him to serve in the Han government as a "Palace Assistant" (Lang trung). He was promoted to the position of "General of the Household" (Trung lang tướng) afterEmperor Huiascended the throne, and was appointed as the Administrator (Quận thủ) ofHedong Commanderyduring the reign ofEmperor Wen.

Anecdote

TheChinese idiomyi nuo qian jin(traditional Chinese:Một lời nói một gói vàng;simplified Chinese:Một lời nói một gói vàng;pinyin:yī nuò qiān jīn;lit.'a promise', ' a thousand pieces of gold'), which is used to describe a situation where a promise is kept, was derived from a saying about Ji Bu: "a hundredjinof gold is nothing compared to a promise from Ji Bu ".

References

• Sima Qian.Records of the Grand Historian(Shi Ji) vol. 100.