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Yan Zhongzi told him of the feud with Jia Lei and asked Nie Zheng to kill him. Nie Zheng then went to Wei, killed Jia Lei and many of his guards, and | Yan Zhongzi told him of the feud with Jia Lei and asked Nie Zheng to kill him. Nie Zheng then went to Wei, killed Jia Lei and many of his guards, and disfigured his face and killed himself (so that no retribution would come to his family or living relatives). However, his sister Nie Rong (聶榮) thought he should get credit for his noble act, so she came, claimed his body, spoke of his virtue and dropped dead of anguish. Everyone praised her valor.<ref name="Nie Zheng"/> | ||
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Revision as of 20:41, 28 November 2023
Nie Zheng (聶政; died 397 BCE) was a Chinese Assassin who lived during the Warring States period. A young man from the Henan province (back then known as Zhi (軹)), he was remembered long after his death for being the killer of Jia Lei, the prime minister of the Han (韓) state of China.[1]
Biography
What follows is the legend of Nie Zheng as recounted in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian.[2]
First Kill
Nie Zheng was a native of Zhi (軹) , now part of Henan province. Around 400 BCE, after killing a man from his village, he fled from the possible retaliation attacks against his family by going to Qi (齊) (also Henan), where he worked as a butcher while taking care of his aging mother.[1]
A Helping Hand
Yan Zhongzi (嚴仲子), assistant to a minister of the Han (韓) state (near Loyang), got in trouble with the prime minister there, Jia Lei (俠累). Fleeing to Qi, Yan Zhongzi tried to make friends with Nie Zheng, offering him money but asking nothing in return. Nie Zheng turned him down, but some years later after his mother died, Nie Zheng, recalling Yan Zhongzi's kindness, went to visit him when he was living in Wei (衛), and offered his help.[1]
Regicide and Suicide
Yan Zhongzi told him of the feud with Jia Lei and asked Nie Zheng to kill him. Nie Zheng then went to Wei, killed Jia Lei and many of his guards, and disfigured his face and killed himself (so that no retribution would come to his family or living relatives). However, his sister Nie Rong (聶榮) thought he should get credit for his noble act, so she came, claimed his body, spoke of his virtue and dropped dead of anguish. Everyone praised her valor.[1]
Legacy
There's another recounting to Nie Zheng's legend, though which of the versions is true remains unknown.[1]
Alongside Zhuan Zhu, Yu Rang, Cao Mo and Jing Ke, he was listed by the historian Sima Qian as one of China's earliest Assassins, known to later generations as "the Five Great Assassins."[3]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Dynasty (mentioned only)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Qin Shi. "Nie Zheng stabs the Han King". In silkqin.com. Accesed 28 November 2023. http://www.silkqin.com/09hist/qinshi/niezheng.htm.
- ↑ Sima Qian. (94 BCE). "Biographies of Assassins". In Records of the Grand Historian. Chinese Text Project. Accessed 27 June 2021. https://ctext.org/shiji/ci-ke-lie-zhuan.
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Dynasty – The Hidden Ones (Part 2)
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