Jin Xi () was a general under Emperor

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. In 209 BC, Jin "joined in the attack on Qin forces, defeating Li You", for which Jin received various titles and honors from Liu Bang including being named Commandant of Cavalry.Michael Loewe, ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han and Xin Periods, 221 BC - AD 24'' (2000), p. 198. In this capacity, in 206 BC, Jin "took part in the pacification of the Qin metropolitan area", and in 202 BC, during the

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, Jin conquered the Kingdom of Linjiang of the

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, capturing its ruler, Gong Wei, who was then escorted to

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and executed. Jin was further rewarded for this and other military victories in the period, being "nominated as Marquis of Xinwu (lit. honest and martial)".

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