Qin and Han · Royal Family Member

Left Worthy King 左賢王

Zuo Xian Wang

Attested BC 121

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Left Worthy King as a royal family member and tribal leader. 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	Left Worthy King	左賢王	Zuo Xian Wang
Title	Left Worthy King	左賢王

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:109:s0088

Roles

Royal Family Member
Tribal Leader

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 後二歲 · Western Year: BC 121
Explicit · shiji:109:s0088

References in the histories

Open any source group to read the Chinese and English passage in context.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 109Biography of General Li · 2 passages

行可數百里，匈奴左賢王將四萬騎圍廣，廣軍士皆恐，廣乃使其子敢往馳之。 After they had advanced several hundred li, the Left Worthy King of the Xiongnu descended upon them with forty thousand cavalry and surrounded Guang. His soldiers were all terrified. Guang sent his son Li Gan to ride out against the enemy.

李敢以校尉從驃騎將軍擊胡左賢王，力戰，奪左賢王鼓旗，斬首多，賜爵關內侯，食邑二百戶，代廣為郎中令。 Li Gan, serving as a colonel under the General of the Swift Cavalry, had fought valiantly against the Left Worthy King of the Xiongnu, seizing the enemy's war drums and battle standards and taking many heads. He was granted the title of Marquis Within the Passes with a fief of two hundred households, and succeeded his father as Superintendent of the Imperial Household.