26 Facts About Jiang Ji

Jiang Ji, courtesy name Zitong, was an official and military general of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China.

Jiang Ji was from Ping'e County, Chu State, Yang Province, which is located north of present-day Huai'an, Anhui.

Jiang Ji started his career as an accounting officer in the local commandery office and later became a provincial-level attendant officer.

When Jiang Ji was serving in Yang Province, he was known for frequently consuming alcohol.

Jiang Ji sent a general Zhang Xi to lead 1,000 horsemen to reinforce Hefei.

Jiang Ji was proven right as over 100,000 people from Huainan fled south across the Yangtze and settled in Jiangdong.

Jiang Ji was appointed as the Administrator of Danyang Commandery.

Jiang Ji was later reassigned to be a clerk in the office of the Imperial Chancellor, the position held by Cao Cao in the Han central government.

Jiang Ji was eventually captured in an ambush and executed by Sun Quan's forces.

Cao Pi then reassigned Jiang Ji to be the Chief Clerk under Hua Xin, the Chancellor of State of his vassal kingdom at the time.

Jiang Ji was recalled to the central government to serve as a Mounted Regular Attendant.

In 222, Jiang Ji accompanied the Wei general Cao Ren on a campaign against Wei's rival state, Eastern Wu, and led a detachment of troops to attack Xianxi.

Jiang Ji wrote an essay, "San Zhou Lun", to indirectly persuade Cao Pi to turn back, but the emperor ignored him and ordered his vessels to sail to Guangling Commandery anyway.

Jiang Ji strongly objected to this approach as he thought that it was too dangerous because the colonies would be too near the Chao Lake to the east and the Huai River to the north, so the Wu forces could take advantage of the high tide period to attack them.

Jiang Ji was reassigned to serve as Central Protector of the Army.

When Jiang Ji heard about it, he wrote a memorial to Cao Rui to dissuade the emperor from attacking Liaodong:.

Jiang Ji disagreed and wrote a memorial to point out that Gaotang Long was wrong.

Jiang Ji noted that the mythical emperor's family name was actually Gui and that his descendants later adopted Tian as their family name, therefore he was not an ancestor of the Cao clan.

Gaotang Long was not the only person whom Jiang Ji argued with over the ancestry of the Cao clan.

Jiang Ji debated extensively with Miao Xi and they wrote to each other several times throughout the debate.

However, Jiang Ji declined the honour and wrote a memorial as follows:.

The Jin dynasty historian Sun Sheng praised Jiang Ji for showing good conscience when he declined the honour.

Jiang Ji remarked that Jiang Ji's behaviour fit the saying: "neither was he tempted by greed nor did he feel ashamed of being righteous".

The Shiyu recorded that during the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs, Jiang Ji wrote to Cao Shuang and promised him that Sima Yi only wanted him to give up his powers as regent.

Jiang Ji then sent his men to find Sun E, and they found him near the imperial ancestral temple.

Jiang Ji looked exactly like how Jiang Ji's son described him.