于阗王建 / King Jian of Khotan

Overview

于阗王建 / King Jian of Khotan is the ruler killed in Wang Jing’s banquet plot in Hanji 838. The page treats him primarily as the target of a rumor-driven frontier intervention: he is accused by a rival, attends the banquet because he believes he has no guilt, and is killed before any stable adjudication occurs.

Current Profile

King Jian is already in rivalry with 居弥王成国 when Zhao Ping’s death becomes politically useful. Chengguo claims that Jian had a Xiongnu doctor poison or harm Zhao Ping, but the source presents this through Chengguo’s hostile report rather than as settled fact.

When 王敬 invites him to a banquet, Jian receives warning beforehand but still attends with a small retinue because he believes he has done nothing wrong. Wang orders him surrounded during a toast, and Chengguo’s registrar Qin Mu beheads him. Jian’s death triggers Khotanese retaliation and a brief succession struggle before his son Anguo is installed.

Key Characteristics

• Khotan king accused by a hostile Jumi ruler after Zhao Ping’s death.
• Victim of an unverified murder accusation turned into coercive envoy action.
• Attends Wang Jing’s banquet despite warning because he expects innocence to matter.
• Killed by Chengguo’s registrar Qin Mu during Wang Jing’s seizure attempt.
• Father of Anguo, whose later installation restores Khotanese succession after Shubo’s failure.

Evidence

• Accusation target: Hanji 838 says Chengguo claims Jian arranged Zhao Ping’s death through a Xiongnu doctor.
• Rivalry context: Hanji 838 says Chengguo and Jian have old enmity.
• Banquet attendance: Hanji 838 says Jian is warned but attends because he believes he has no fault.
• Killing: Hanji 838 says Qin Mu cuts off Jian’s head after Wang Jing orders him surrounded.
• Succession aftermath: Hanji 838 says Khotanese people eventually install Jian’s original son Anguo as king.

Qualifications

This page is source-bounded to the Hanji 838 incident. It does not verify Chengguo’s accusation against Jian or reconstruct Jian’s reign outside the banquet-killing sequence.

What Changed

• Created the King Jian page from Hanji 838.
• Added a Khotan target figure for the wiki’s rumor-driven frontier intervention cluster.

Relationships

• 于阗国 - polity Jian rules before the banquet killing.
• 居弥王成国 - rival who accuses Jian and seeks advantage from the charge.
• 王敬 - Han official whose banquet plot kills Jian.
• 安国 - son installed after the violent aftermath.
• 谣言驱动的边疆干预 - concept grounded in Jian’s accusation and killing.