Qin and Han · Military Officer

Li You 李由

Lǐ Yóu

Attested BC 209 - BC 207

Passages
6
Chapters
6
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Li You as an administrator, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 6 passages from 6 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Li You 李由 Lǐ Yóu
Personal Li You 李由 Li You
Personal Li You 李由

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 二世元年 · Western Year: BC 209
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:048:s0007, shiji:048:s0062
  • Source Date: Text: 擊李由軍 · Western Year: BC 208
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:054:s0018
  • Source Date: Text: 擊李由軍雍丘下 · Western Year: BC 208
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:057:s0021
  • Source Date: Text: 破李由軍 · Western Interval: Start: BC 208 · End: BC 207
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:098:s0023

Career and standing

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 1Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 1 · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 48House of Chen She · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 54House of Chancellor Cao · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 57House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 98Biographies of Fu, Jin, and the Marquis of Kuaicheng · 1 passage