太子建 / Crown Prince Jian of Chu
太子建 / Crown Prince Jian of Chu enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·秦纪》119-1｜拆解荆轲刺秦必败的秘密 as the father of 白公胜. The episode identifies him as the eldest legitimate son of Chu Ping Wang and uses his fate to explain why Bai Gong Sheng could inherit a revenge-laden political identity.
In the source’s compressed account, Chu Ping Wang takes Taizi Jian’s intended bride and kills members of the Wu family, forcing Taizi Jian into exile in 郑国. Taizi Jian is later drawn into a plot involving 晋国 and Zheng, and Zheng kills him after the plan fails.
The page keeps this as source-scoped background. The episode is not mainly about Taizi Jian; it uses him to set up the 白公胜 comparison and the claim that inherited grievance does not automatically make later courage or fidelity righteous.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》119-2｜咱们都冤枉了背负2000多年黑锅的“叶公好龙” makes that background operational. Bai Gong Sheng asks 子西 to attack 郑国 in revenge for Taizi Jian, and Zi Xi’s later decision to rescue Zheng helps turn Bai’s grievance into the 白公胜之乱.
Connections
- 白公胜 - son and comparison figure in Qinji 119-1.
- 伍子胥 - survivor tied to the same Chu exile and revenge background.
- 楚国, 郑国, and 晋国 - states in the source’s compressed backstory.
- 仁义为本的信勇 - concept for why revenge background does not by itself create义.
- 子西 and 白公胜之乱 - Qinji 119-2 revenge request and rebellion sequence.