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Ji Shao
Western Jin minister and son of Ji Kang who died shielding Emperor Hui with his body at the Battle of Dangyin.
In the courtyard of a district government hall, a line of petitioners waits before a raised bench with a long table and document boxes; a blue umbrella stands beside it, a large drum stands at the gate where a few people wait, and a lake with sailboats lies beyond.
Also known as Zi Yanzu · Palace Attendant Ji · Posthumous title Zhongmu
- Roles
- Statesman / Official
Ji Shao, courtesy name Yanzu, of Zhi county in Qiao, was the son of Ji Kang of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. He was ten when Sima Zhao had his father executed; later, recommended by Shan Tao, he served the Western Jin and became palace attendant. In 304, when Emperor Hui's army was routed at Dangyin by the Prince of Chengdu, the officials fled and Ji Shao alone shielded the emperor, dying at his side so that his blood stained the imperial robe, which the emperor refused to have washed. Wen Tianxiang praised his blood in the Song of Righteousness, while Gu Yanwu's essay Zhengshi condemns him for serving the court that killed his father.
Life and times
Dates 253–304 CE