晋鄙 / Jin Bi
晋鄙 / Jin Bi enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·周纪》96丨毛遂自荐(2) as the 魏国 commander whom 魏安釐王 sends north with 100,000 troops to rescue 赵国 during the 邯郸 crisis. His dispatch shows that Wei has not completely ignored Zhao’s danger after 长平之战.
The episode’s key point is that dispatch is not the same as effective rescue. After 秦昭襄王 warns Wei that Qin will attack Wei next if Zhao is destroyed, Wei Anxi Wang orders Jin Bi to stop at 邺城 and observe. Jin Bi therefore becomes the military face of a stalled coalition: troops exist, but political fear prevents them from reaching the decisive battlefield.
《资治通鉴·周纪》96丨毛遂自荐(6) completes Jin Bi’s role in the crisis. 信陵君 arrives with the matching half of the tiger tally, but Jin Bi remains suspicious because a single noble abruptly replacing the commander of 100,000 troops looks irregular even if the credential matches. 朱亥 then kills him with a hidden iron hammer.
This episode treats Jin Bi as the ethical center of the story’s discomfort. He is not depicted as a Qin collaborator or coward in the killing scene; he is a field commander doubting a dangerous command transfer. His death makes 窃符救赵 an effective rescue with a serious moral cost.
Connections
- 魏安釐王 and 魏国 - ruler and state that send and then halt him.
- 赵国 and 邯郸 - intended rescue target.
- 秦昭襄王 and 秦国 - threat source that freezes the rescue.
- 邺城 - holding position where the army stops.
- 联盟救援借道依赖 and 联盟自保失灵 - concepts explaining why available troops still fail to solve Zhao’s emergency.
- 信陵君, 侯嬴, 朱亥, 虎符调兵制度, and 窃符救赵 - Zhouji 96 part 6 command seizure and death.