General Who Patrols the North (徇北將軍)

Overview

The translated histories identify General Who Patrols the North as a general. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	General Who Patrols the North	徇北將軍
Title	General Who Patrols the North	徇北將軍

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:114:s0061

Roles

General

Life and dates

Death

Manner: beheaded · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元封元年冬 · Western Year: BC 110
Explicit · shiji:114:s0062

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元封元年冬 · Western Year: BC 110
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:114:s0061, shiji:114:s0060

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: defeated-towered-ships-colonels · Place: Wulin / 武林 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元封元年冬 · Western Year: BC 110
Explicit · shiji:114:s0061

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 114Treatise on the Eastern Yue · 2 passages

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東越素發兵距險，使徇北將軍守武林，敗樓船軍數校尉，殺長吏。 Dongyue had already dispatched forces to hold the mountain passes, placing the General Who Patrols the North at Wulin. He routed several colonels of the Towered Ships army and killed their commanding officers.

樓船將軍率錢唐轅終古斬徇北將軍，為御兒侯。 The General of the Towered Ships directed Yuan Zhonggu, the garrison commander of Qiantang, to slay the General Who Patrols the North. For this feat, Yuan Zhonggu was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Yu'er.