Jin Midi (kneeling) with his mother (seated). Wu Liang shrine, Jiaxiang, Shandong province, China. 2nd century AD. Ink rubbings of stone-carved reliefs as represented in Feng Yunpeng and Feng Yunyuan, Jinshi suo (金石索, 1821 edition).[1]
Jin Midi (134 – 29 September 86 BC[2]) (Chinese: 金日磾; pinyin: Jīn Mìdī,[3]courtesy nameWengshu (翁叔), formally Marquess Jing of Du (秺敬侯), was a XiongnuXiutu prince and a general of the Western Han dynasty. He was referred to as a non-Han "barbarian", either with the term Hu (胡)[4] or Yidi (夷狄).[5] He was originally from the Xiutu Kingdom in central Gansu and served as co-regent early in the reign of the Emperor Zhao of Han. He was given the family name "Jin" ("Gold") by Emperor Wu of Han because he worshipped the golden statue of the Xiongnu which Huo Qubing has captured in his military campaigns.[6][7]