纪信 / Ji Xin

纪信 / Ji Xin enters the wiki through Hanji 141 as one of 刘邦’s trusted old subordinates in the Hongmen entourage. The episode lists him with 樊哙, 夏侯婴, 金强, and the accompanying cavalry who travel from 霸上 but remain outside the camp gate when Liu Bang and 张良 enter 项羽’s tent.

For this source, Ji Xin’s role is not developed beyond loyalty and proximity. His presence matters because Liu Bang’s apology scene is not unprotected innocence: the trusted guard-and-rider layer stays outside the room while speech and etiquette are tested inside.

Hanji 142 extends that proximity into the escape itself. Ji Xin is named among the close attendants who leave with Liu Bang by the small-road route from Hongmen back to 霸上, while 张良 remains behind to manage the formal explanation.

Hanji 162-1 turns that trusted-attendant status into a death-level action at the 荥阳相持. With 项羽 pressing 荥阳, Ji Xin volunteers to ride out in 刘邦’s carriage and royal display, announce surrender, and draw Chu troops to the east gate while Liu Bang escapes west. Xiang Yu discovers the substitution and has Ji Xin burned alive; the episode then follows Ji Xin’s later memory into 城隍 worship and the 郑州 frame.

Connections

• Hanji 162-1, 代身突围牺牲, 荥阳相持, 城隍, and 郑州 - impersonation, death, and later protective memory.
• 刘邦, 张良, and 鸿门宴 - commander, strategist, and crisis setting.
• 樊哙, 夏侯婴, and 金强 - other trusted attendants in the same source.
• 霸上 and 项羽 - departure camp and hostile camp.
• Hanji 142 - small-road escape escort after Liu Bang leaves Xiang Yu’s tent.