Ancient China · Ruler

Duke Li Yue 利公躍

Li Gong Yue

Died BC 698

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke Li Yue was a ruler.

Life and dates

Death

BC 698 利公立五月
died 卒
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 42

Attested activity

BC 698 七年...立躍，是為利公
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 40

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Duke Zhuang Lin (莊公林)
middle younger brother 中弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 42
Child of Duke Huan Bao (桓公鮑)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passages 40-41
Sibling of Crown Prince Mian (太子免)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 40

Career and standing

利公
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 40

Events and relationships

Killed
BC 698 七年 · Political · Actor · With Duke Li Tuo (厲公佗) · With Person Ids Duke Zhuang Lin (莊公林), Duke Xuan Chu Jiu (宣公杵臼)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 40

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 36Houses of Chen and Qi · 3 passages

七年，厲公所殺桓公太子免之三弟，長曰躍，中曰林，少曰杵臼，共令蔡人誘厲公以好女，與蔡人共殺厲公而立躍，是為利公。 In the seventh year, the three younger brothers of Crown Prince Mian of Duke Huan, whom Duke Li had killed—the eldest named Yue, the middle named Lin, the youngest named Chu Jiu—together commanded the Cai people to lure Duke Li with beautiful women, and together with the Cai people killed Duke Li and established Yue, who became Duke Ligong.

利公者，桓公子也。 Duke Li was Duke Huan's son.

利公立五月卒，立中弟林，是為莊公。 Duke Li reigned for five months and died. They established his middle brother Lin, who became Duke Zhuang.