Jiang Qin 蔣欽

Jiang Qin, courtesy name Gongyi, was a man of Shouchun County in Jiujiang Commandery. When Sun Ce raided Yuan Shu, he followed him and served in attendance, and when Sun Ce crossed the river to the east, he was appointed Major of a Separate Command and given troops. The Biography of Zhou Tai records that Zhou Tai, together with Jiang Qin, followed Sun Ce as his close attendants and served him respectfully. Jiang Qin fought alongside Sun Ce everywhere and pacified three commanderies, and also followed him in pacifying Yuzhang. Records, Wu 10 §21 · 27

He became Commandant of Geyang County, then served as chief of three counties in turn, suppressing and pacifying bandits, and was transferred to Chief Commandant of the Western Division. When the bandits of Ye County in Kuaiji Commandery, Lü He, Qin Lang and others, rose in revolt, he led troops against them and captured the two men, and five counties were pacified. The Biography of Lü Dai records that on this occasion Sun Quan made Lü Dai Colonel Supervising the Army and had him campaign together with General Jiang Qin and others. Jiang Qin was transferred to General of the Household Who Punishes the Yue and received Jingju and Zhaoyang as his fief. Records, Wu 10 §21Records, Wu 15 §32

When He Qi campaigned against the bandits of You County, Jiang Qin commanded 10,000 troops and joined forces with He Qi to pacify them. According to the Biography of Dong Xi, the bandit Peng Hu of Poyang and others, with a following of several tens of thousands, were attacked separately by Dong Xi together with Ling Tong, Bu Zhi and Jiang Qin, and all were pacified within ten days. Records, Wu 10 §22 · 48

In the 20th year of Jian'an (215) he took part in the attack on Hefei. According to the Biography of Gan Ning, when an epidemic broke out and the army had all withdrawn, leaving only the thousand-odd tiger guards beside the carriage together with Lü Meng, Jiang Qin, Ling Tong and Gan Ning to stay with Sun Quan north of Xiaoyao Ford, Zhang Liao fell upon them with infantry and cavalry. Jiang Qin fought hard and won merit, and was transferred to General Who Sweeps Away Bandits and concurrently made Area Commander of Ruxu. Later he was summoned back to the capital, appointed Right Protector of the Army at the Ford and put in charge of lawsuits. Records, Wu 10 §64 · 22

Sun Quan once entered the inner rooms of his house and found that his mother had a coarse curtain and a pale-blue cotton quilt, and that his wife and concubines wore hempen skirts. Admiring how he kept to frugality even in high position, Sun Quan at once ordered the Imperial Wardrobe to make a brocade quilt for his mother and to replace the curtains, and had the clothes of his wife and concubines all made of embroidered brocade. Records, Wu 10 §23

Earlier, while Jiang Qin was garrisoned at Xuancheng and campaigning against the bandits of Yuzhang, Xu Sheng, Prefect of Wuhu, arrested one of Jiang Qin's garrison officers and memorialized to have him beheaded. Sun Quan refused on the grounds that Jiang Qin was far away, and from this Xu Sheng became uneasy toward Jiang Qin. When Lord Cao came out to Ruxu, Jiang Qin and Lü Meng were put in command of the various armies. Xu Sheng constantly feared that Jiang Qin would use some pretext to harm him, but Jiang Qin always praised his good qualities. Xu Sheng was won over by his virtue, and those who discussed the matter admired it. Records, Wu 10 §24

Lü Meng secretly laid out his plan to deal with Guan Yu, proposing that the General Who Conquers Barbarians guard Nan Commandery, that Pan Zhang be stationed at Baidi, that Jiang Qin lead 10,000 mobile troops up and down the river to meet the enemy wherever they appeared, and that he himself take Xiangyang. Sun Quan wholeheartedly accepted his plan. Records, Wu 9 §78–79

When Sun Quan campaigned against Guan Yu, Jiang Qin led the naval forces into the Mian River and died of illness on the way back. Sun Quan wore plain mourning clothes to lament him, and gave Jiang Qin's wife and children 200 households of the people of Wuhu and 200 qing of fields. His son Jiang Yi was enfeoffed as Marquis of Xuancheng; he led troops to resist Liu Bei and won merit, then returned and hurried to Nan Commandery, where he fought Wei and died on the battlefield. As Jiang Yi had no son, his younger brother Jiang Xiu took command of the troops, but later committed a crime and lost the inheritance. Records, Wu 10 §25

In his assessment Chen Shou called the various generals recorded in this volume, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Jiang Qin and others, all tiger-like servants of Jiangbiao whom the Sun family treated generously. Records, Wu 10 §109