Duke Huai of Jin

Yu
Chinese	圉
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yǔ
Wade–Giles	Yü
Posthumous name
Traditional Chinese	晉懷公
Simplified Chinese	晋怀公
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jìn Huáigōng
Wade–Giles	Chin Huai Kung

Full name
	Ancestral name: Ji 姬; Given name: Yu 圉

Yu
Yu
	Duke Huai of Jin
Ruler of Jin
Reign	637 BC
Predecessor	Duke Hui of Jin
Successor	Duke Wen of Jin
Died	637 BC
Spouse	Huai Ying
Full name
	Ancestral name: Ji 姬; Given name: Yu 圉
Father	Duke Hui of Jin
Mother	Princess of Liang

Duke Huai of Jin (died 637 BC), personal name Yu, was briefly the duke of Jin (r. 637 BC) during the Spring and Autumn period of the Zhou dynasty.

Life

Yu's father was the future Duke Hui of Jin, who married a princess of Liang during his exile there.[1] Ji became known as Crown Prince Yu when his father assumed the duchy of Jin. In 643 BC, Prince Yu was sent to the State of Qin as a hostage, where he married Princess Huai Ying (懷嬴), a daughter of Duke Mu of Qin, the powerful ruler of Qin at the time. In 641 BC, Qin conquered and annexed Liang.[1]

In 638 BC, Duke Hui of Jin became ill. As Prince Yu was a hostage in Qin and his mother's state had been destroyed, he was worried that Duke Hui might replace him as crown prince with one of his other sons. He decided to escape back to Jin. Huai Ying refused to escape with him but agreed not to reveal his plan.[1]

Duke Hui died in the ninth month of 637 BC, and Prince Yu ascended the throne, to be known as Duke Huai of Jin. Duke Mu of Qin, however, was angry at Prince Yu for his escape from Qin and supported Duke Hui's brother Chong'er. He even married five of his daughters, including Huai Ying, to Chong'er. With the support of the Qin army, as well as Jin generals Luan Zhi and Xi Hu (郤縠), Chong'er killed Duke Huai at Gaoliang and ascended the throne as Duke Wen of Jin.[1]

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References

Sima Qian. 晋世家 [House of Jin]. Records of the Grand Historian (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 April 2012.

Regnal titles
Duke Huai of Jin House of Ji Cadet branch of the House of Ji Died: 637 BC
Preceded by Duke Hui of Jin	Duke of Jin 637 BC	Succeeded by Duke Wen of Jin

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[shiji-1] Sima Qian. 晋世家 [House of Jin]. Records of the Grand Historian (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 April 2012.