Shinryo-kun

A prince of Wei during the Warring States period in China. Son of King Zhao and half-brother of King Anli. His real name was Wuji, and Xinling Jun was his title. He was a chivalrous man who is said to have gathered 3,000 guests under his tutelage, and is known as one of the Four Lords of the Warring States period along with Mengchang Jun of Qi, Chunshin Jun of Chu, and Pingyuan Jun of Zhao. He was also famous as a military commander, and in 257 BC, when Qin surrounded Handan, the capital of Zhao, he tried to save Zhao, defeating the Qin army with the help of his guests' plan. He stayed in Zhao after that, but in 247 BC, when Qin attacked Wei, he led the troops of five countries to defeat Qin and save his homeland. In his later years, he was suspected by King Anxi due to rumors spread by a Qin spy, so he went into seclusion on the pretense of illness and died in despair.

[Ota Yukio]

"Records of the Grand Historian: Biographies, 5 volumes, written by Sima Qian and translated by Ogawa Kanju et al. (Iwanami Bunko)"

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中国、戦国時代の魏(ぎ)の公子。昭王の子で、安釐(あんり)王の異母弟。本名は無忌(むき)で、信陵君は封号。門下に食客3000人を集めたといわれる侠客(きょうかく)で、斉(せい)の孟嘗君(もうしょうくん)、楚(そ)の春申君(しゅんしんくん)、趙(ちょう)の平原君(へいげんくん)とともに戦国の四君といわれる。武将としても著名で、紀元前257年、秦(しん)が趙の都邯鄲(かんたん)を囲んだとき、趙を救おうとし、その食客の計によって秦軍を破った。以後趙にとどまったが、前247年、秦が魏を攻めると、五国の兵を率いて秦を破り、故国を救った。晩年は秦の間者の流言で安釐王に疑われたため病と称して蟄居(ちっきょ)し、失意のまま没した。

［太田幸男］

『司馬遷著、小川環樹他訳『史記列伝』全5冊（岩波文庫）』

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