Qin and Han · King of Nanyue

Jiande 建德

Jiàndé

Attested BC 112 - BC 111

Passages
6
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Jiande as an aristocrat, rebel, and ruler. This record brings together 6 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Jiande 建德 Jiàndé
Personal name Jiande 建德 Jiàndé
Title Marquis of Shuyang 術陽侯

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Rebel
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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Career and standing

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: held-panyu
    Explicit · shiji:113:s0117
  • Kind: rebellion · Role: ruler · Action: rebelled-with-lu-jia
    Explicit · shiji:113:s0108

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 102Volume 90: Cruel Officials · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 113Treatise on the Nanyue · 5 passages