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Shensheng (, died 20 February 655 BCE〔Sima Qian records the day of Shensheng's suicide as the ''wushen'' day (午申; day 45) of the twelfth month according to the Jin calendar (Sima Qian, 39:1646). This was during the spring according to the Lu calendar, as recorded in the Spring and Autumn Annals (僖5:300§5.1). On the first day of the ninth month of the same year – also an ''wushen'' day – a total eclipse was recorded, which Yang Bojun calculates as being the eclipse of 19 August 655 BC (''idem.'' p 301§5.8 nn). Shensheng's death took place exactly three sixty-day cycles previously, i.e. 20 February -655. See Yang Bojun in ''Zuozhuan'', p 300§5.1 for the interval between the Lu and Jin calendars according to Gu Donggao (顧棟高) and why Shensheng's death is traditionally dated to 656 BCE; Zhang Peiyu p 133 for the calendars of the years in question.〕), ancestral name Ji (姬), was the eldest son of Duke Xian of Jin and the Crown Prince of the State of Jin before being replaced by his half-brother Xiqi. ==Biography== Shensheng was the son of Qi Jiang (齊姜), the first wife of Duke Xian of Jin. Because Duke Xian of Jin favored his concubine Li Ji, in 665 BCE he sent away three of his older sons. Shensheng was sent to live in Quwo, modern Quwo County in Shanxi. In 661 BCE, in order to ensure Shensheng's continued political isolation from the Jin court, Duke Xian split a branch off his army and made Shensheng its general, with the command to garrison Quwo.〔Sima Qian, 39:1641〕 Three years later, Duke Xian officially replaced Shensheng as crown prince with Li Ji's son Xiqi. In 656 BCE, the Li Ji Rebellion started with the scheme that caused the suicide of Shensheng. Shensheng was asked to offer sacrifices to his deceased mother, Qi Jiang. Shensheng sent some of the food blessed by the gods to Duke Xian. Li Ji had secretly placed poison in the food in order to frame Shensheng for murder. Before Duke Xian began eating, he gave a part of the food to a dog to check for poison whereupon the dog immediately collapsed. Discovering the poison in the food, Duke Xian killed Shensheng's teacher Du Yuankuan (杜原款) sent men to Quwo to arrest Shensheng. Shensheng was advised to defend himself in front of Duke Xian by revealing Li Ji's plot.〔The ''Classic of Rites'', (檀弓1.15 ), specifies Shensheng's interlocuter as his half-brother Chong'er. Some later sources (e.g. Liu Xiang's ''Shuoyuan'', 4:"立節".81) follow this.〕 Shensheng replied that he wouldn't like to break his father's heart by revealing Li Ji's plot. When Chong'er advised him to escape, he replied that if he escaped it would appear as if he really had planned to kill his father, and no one in the world would protect him then. Shensheng subsequently hanged himself.〔Sima Qian, 39.1645–6〕〔''Zuozhuan'' 僖4.296–9〕〔Sources differ on the method of Shensheng's death. The ''Zuozhuan'' and ''Guoyu'', the earliest two sources, agree that Shensheng hanged himself. The ''Lüshi Chunqiu'', ''Lunheng'', ''Guliang zhuan'', and ''Shuoyuan'' have Shensheng killing himself with a sword, either by falling on it or slitting his own throat. See ''Zuozhuan'' 僖4.299 for a list of examples; also ''Guoyu'' 8.280; ''Lüshi Chunqiu'' 19:"上德", p 519; (''Guliang Zhuan'', 僖10 ); ''Shuoyuan'' 4:"立節".81; ''Lunheng'' 5:"感虛".239.〕 Due to the filial piety and loyalty of Shensheng, he was given the posthumous title "Gong Taizi" (恭太子) or "Gong Shizi" (恭世子), both meaning "the respectful crown prince". According to the ''Records of the Grand Historian'', Duke Hui of Jin disrespectfully transferred Shensheng's burial to another place which made the spirit of Shensheng angry. The spirit of Shensheng then appeared in front of the Jin official Hu Tu (狐突) and told him that Shensheng has pleaded to the heavenly god to let the State of Qin conquer the State of Jin as a punishment. After persuasions made by Hu Tu, Shensheng replied that the heavenly god has allowed that Duke Hui of Jin be defeated in battle at the land of Han as a punishment. After that, the spirit disappeared.〔Sima Qian, 39:1651.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shensheng」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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