Yu Bing (Eastern Jin)

Yu Bing
庾冰
Chief of the Palace Secretariat (中書監)
In office
339 (339)–344 (344)
MonarchEmperor Cheng of Jin/Emperor Kang of Jin/Emperor Mu of Jin
Inspector of Yangzhou (揚州刺史)
In office
330 (330)–343 (343)
MonarchEmperor Cheng of Jin/Emperor Kang of Jin/Emperor Mu of Jin
Personal details
Born296
Died344
ChildrenYu Xi
Yu Xí
Yu You
Yu Yun
Yu Qian
Yu Miao
Yu Rou
Yu Daolian
Parent
  • Yu Chen (father)
OccupationPolitician
Courtesy nameJijian (季堅)
Posthumous nameZhongchang (忠成)

Yu Bing (296[1] – 29 December 344[2] ), courtesy name Jijian, was a Chinese politician. He served as a minister of the Jin dynasty (266–420). He was a part of the prestigious Yu clan of Yingchuan as the younger brother of Yu Liang and elder brother of Emperor Ming of Jin's empress, Yu Wenjun. After Yu Liang died in 340, Yu Bing and another brother of his, Yu Yi inherited Liang's influence in the court. During the succession issues of 342 and 344, Yu Bing pushed for his nephews to inherit the throne to retain his clan's power, in contrast to his court rival He Chong, who supported the dying emperors' sons to succeed instead.

  1. ^ According to Yu Bing's biography in Book of Jin, he was 49 by East Asian reckoning when he died. (寻而卒,时年四十九) Jin Shu, vol.73. Thus by calculation, his birth year should be 296.
  2. ^ According to Sima Dan's biography in Book of Jin, Yu Bing died on the gengchen day of the 11th month of the 2nd year of the Jianyuan era of Emperor Kang's reign. This corresponds to 29 Dec 344 in the Julian calendar. [(建元二年)十一月庚辰,车骑将军庾冰卒。] Jin Shu, vol.08