Jing Ke

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Jing Ke was a famed Warring States–era assassin best known for his failed attempt to kill the Qin king, later Emperor Qin Shi Huang.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Warring States period person
assassin
historical figure
activeInPeriod Warring States period NERFINISHED
associatedWith Crown Prince Dan NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Qin NERFINISHED
Qin Shi Huang NERFINISHED
state of Yan NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Yan NERFINISHED
culture Chinese
depictedIn Records of the Grand Historian NERFINISHED
describedBySource Records of the Grand Historian NERFINISHED
employer Crown Prince Dan of Yan NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
fictionalizedIn Chinese historical dramas
Chinese opera
wuxia novels
gender male
genreOfRepresentation heroic biography
hasCanonicalStoryElement bringing the severed head of a Qin traitor as a pretext for audience
chasing the King of Qin around a pillar
presentation of a map concealing a dagger
hasChineseName 荊軻 NERFINISHED
hasGenreOfStory youxia tale
influenced later Chinese literature about assassins
martial-hero (wuxia) traditions
knownFor attempting to stop Qin expansion
courage
loyalty to Prince Dan of Yan
languageOfWorkOrName Classical Chinese
legacy iconic assassin in Chinese cultural memory
symbol of resistance against tyranny
mannerOfDeath killed during failed assassination attempt
motive loyalty to his patron Prince Dan
to protect Yan from Qin conquest
notableEvent assassination attempt on the King of Qin
notableFor attempted assassination of the King of Qin
failed attempt to kill Qin Shi Huang
occupation assassin
opponent Qin state expansion
partOf Assassins of the Warring States tradition NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Qin court
portrayedAs patriotic hero of Yan
righteous assassin
served Crown Prince Dan of Yan NERFINISHED
targetOfAssassination King Zheng of Qin NERFINISHED
Qin Shi Huang NERFINISHED
timeOfActivity 3rd century BCE
transcribedName Jīng Kē NERFINISHED

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state of Yan notableFigure Jing Ke
subject surface form: State of Yan