Qin and Han · Ruler

Hunye King 渾邪王

Hunye Wang

Attested BC 121 - BC 121

Passages: 7
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Hunye King was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 121 其秋
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 71, passages 52-53
BC 121 渾邪王來降
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 59, passage 197
BC 121 渾邪王降漢
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 120, passage 82

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Surrendered to
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 120, passage 82
Polity Xiongnu 匈奴 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 120, passage 82

Events and relationships

Surrendered to han
BC 121 其秋 · Surrender · Ruler
Directly stated · Book of Han 71, passage 53
Surrendered to Han
BC 121 匈奴渾邪王帥眾來降 · Diplomatic · Surrendering ruler
Directly stated · Book of Han 59, passage 197
Surrendered
BC 121 匈奴渾邪王率眾來降 · Military · Surrendering leader
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 120, passage 82

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 59Volume 50: Zhang, Feng, Ji and Zheng · 3 passages

居無何，匈奴渾邪王帥眾來降，漢發車二萬乘。 Not long after, the Hunye king came in with his tribes and the court ordered twenty thousand wagons to meet him.

後渾邪王至，賈人與市者，坐當死五百餘人。 When Hunye arrived, over five hundred traders who had dealt with him were condemned to die.

今縱不能，渾邪帥數萬之眾來，虛府庫賞賜，發良民侍養，若奉驕子。 Instead you drain the vaults to reward them, press good farmers into service as their valets, and coddle them like spoiled heirs.

Book of Han, Chapter 71Volume 61: Zhang Qian and Li Guangli · 1 passage

其秋，渾邪王率眾降漢，而金城、河西並南山至鹽澤，空無匈奴。 That autumn Hunye king came over with his people, and from Jincheng and the Hexi corridor south to the salt lakes the steppe lay empty of nomads.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 120Biographies of Ji and Zheng · 3 passages

居無何，匈奴渾邪王率眾來降，漢發車二萬乘。 Not long afterward, the Xiongnu King of Hunye led his people in surrender to the Han, and the court mobilized twenty thousand chariots to receive them.

及渾邪至，賈人與市者，坐當死者五百餘人。 When the Hunye people arrived, more than five hundred merchants who had traded with them were convicted and sentenced to death.

今縱不能，渾邪率數萬之眾來降，虛府庫賞賜，發良民侍養，譬若奉驕子。 Even if that is no longer possible, now that the King of Hunye has led tens of thousands in surrender, you drain the treasury to shower them with rewards and mobilize honest citizens to wait upon and feed them—as though indulging a spoiled child.