晋阳 / Jinyang

晋阳 / Jinyang enters the wiki through Hanji 155-2 as the place 韩信 occupies after defeating the Dai forces around 阏与. The episode treats Jinyang as the immediate administrative hinge for setting up 太原郡.

Jinyang matters because the northern campaign is not only a raid. Once Han Xin takes the place, the Han side can convert the victory into a commandery base while continuing toward the Zhao-front problem involving 张耳, 陈馀, and 赵歇.

Hanji 174 returns to Jinyang as 韩王信’s initial capital after Liu Bang moves him from the old Han interior to the Taiyuan / Han frontier kingdom. Han Wang Xin argues that Jinyang is too far from the Xiongnu-facing edge, so he asks to move the capital to 马邑.

Connections

• Hanji 174, 韩王信, 马邑, 匈奴, and 边境迁封式牵制 - Jinyang as initial but too-distant frontier capital.
• 韩信 - commander who takes Jinyang in this source.
• 代国, 阏与, and 太原郡 - immediate northern campaign and administrative setting.
• 张耳, 陈馀, and 赵国 - next strategic field opened by the source.