Jing Ju

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Jing.

Jing Ju (Chinese: 景駒; died 208 BC) was one of the leaders during the Daze Village Uprising against the Qin Dynasty.

Upon hearing the news of Chen Sheng defeated by the Qin forces and uncertain about his death, his subordinate Qin Jia persuaded him to claim the title King of Chu. Shortly after, the Chu noble Xiang Liang called Jing Ju betrayed King Chen by claiming his title and he sent Ying Bu to defeat Qin Jia, which resulted in executions for both Qin Jia and Jing Ju.^[1]

References

^ Ban Biao; Ban Gu; Ban Zhao. "陳勝項籍傳 [Biographies of Chen Sheng and Xiang Ji]" (in Chinese). Book of Han. 31. http://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E6%BC%A2%E6%9B%B8/%E5%8D%B7031. Retrieved 15 August 2010.

Titles in pretence
Preceded by Chen Sheng	— TITULAR — King of Chu 209 BC – 208 BC Reason for succession failure: Defeated by Xiang Liang	Succeeded by Emperor Yi of Chu

Prominent people of insurgent states during the Qin Dynasty

Rising Chu	Chen Sheng · Wu Guang

Chu	Jing Ju · Mi Xin · Xiang Liang · Song Yi

Qi	Tian Dan · Tian Jia · Tian Fu

Yan	Han Guang

Zhao	Wu Chen · Zhao Xie

Wei	Wei Jiu

Hán	Han Cheng

Persondata
Name	Jing, Ju
Alternative names
Short description	One of the leaders during the Daze Village Uprising against the Qin Dynasty
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	208 BC
Place of death