Qin and Han · General

Long Ju 龍且

Lóng Jū

Attested BC 205 - BC 203

Passages: 16
Chapters: 7
Histories: 2

Overview

The translated histories identify Long Ju as a general. This record brings together 16 passages from 7 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Long Ju	龍且	Lóng Jū
Personal
Personal	Long Ju	龍且	Long Ju
Personal name	Long Ju	龍且	Lóng Jū
Personal name	Long Ju	龍且	Long Ju

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:048:s0211, shiji:054:s0045, shiji:098:s0008
Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:094:s0059
Value: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:042:s0088

Roles

General

Life and dates

Death

Cause: beheaded
Explicit · shiji:054:s0067
Date Text: beheaded
Explicit · hanshu:048:s0211
Manner: killed in battle · Killer Person Id: Han Xin (韓信)
Explicit · shiji:094:s0060
Text: defeated and killed by Han Xin and Cao Shen / 破殺龍且
Explicit · hanshu:042:s0089

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 擊龍且 · Western Interval: Start: BC 204 · End: BC 203
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:098:s0008
Source Date: Text: 斬龍且 · Western Year: BC 203
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:054:s0067
Source Date: Text: 東擊龍且 · Western Year: BC 205
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:054:s0045
Source Date: Text: 楚使龍且救齊 · Western Year: BC 204
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:094:s0059, shiji:094:s0060
Source Date: Text: 漢三年 · Western Year: BC 204
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:091:s0076, shiji:091:s0077

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: sent-to-rescue-Qi
Explicit · shiji:094:s0059

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 1Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 1 · 3 passages

楚使項聲、龍且攻布，布戰不勝。 Chu sent Xiang Sheng and Long Ju to attack Bu. Bu fought but was not victorious.

項羽聞韓信破齊，且欲擊楚，使龍且救齊。 Xiang Yu heard that Han Xin had broken Qi and was about to attack Chu, so he sent Long Ju to rescue Qi.

十一月，韓信與灌嬰擊破楚軍，殺楚將龍且，追至城陽，虜齊王廣。 In the eleventh month, Han Xin and Guan Ying attacked and defeated the Chu army, killed the Chu general Long Ju, pursued as far as Chengyang, and captured Tian Guang, King of Qi.

Book of Han, Chapter 42Volume 33: Wei Bao, Tian Dan and Hán Xin (King of Han) · 3 passages

楚使龍且救齊，齊王與合軍高密。 Chu sent Long Ju to rescue Qi, and the Qi king joined forces with him at Gaomi.

漢將韓信、曹參破殺龍且，虜齊王廣。 Han generals Han Xin and Cao Shen defeated and killed Long Ju and captured King Guang of Qi.

韓信已殺龍且，因進兵破殺田既於膠東，灌嬰破殺齊將田吸於千乘，遂平齊地。 After Han Xin had killed Long Ju, he advanced and defeated and killed Tian Ji in Jiaodong. Guan Ying also defeated and killed the Qi general Tian Xi at Qiancheng, and Qi territory was thereby pacified.

Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 2 passages

至河內，下脩武，度圍津，東擊龍且、項佗定陶，破之。 In Henei he reduced Xiuwu, crossed the ford at Weijin, and eastward defeated Long Ju and Xiang Tuo at Dingtao.

已而從韓信擊龍且軍於上假密，大破之，斬龍且，虜亞將周蘭。 He next followed Han Xin against Long Ju at Shangjiami, broke his army, slew Long Ju, and took Zhou Lan, his second-in-command, prisoner.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 54House of Chancellor Cao · 2 passages

至河內，下修武，渡圍津，東擊龍且、項他定陶，破之。 After reaching Henei, he took Xiuwu, crossed at Weijin, and struck eastward against Long Ju and Xiang Ta at Dingtao, defeating them.

已而從韓信擊龍且軍於上假密，大破之，斬龍且，虜其將軍周蘭。 Soon afterward he joined Han Xin in attacking Long Ju's army at Shangjia. They dealt it a crushing blow, beheading Long Ju and capturing his general Zhou Lan.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 91Biography of Qing Bu · 2 passages

楚使項聲、龍且攻淮南，項王留而攻下邑。 Chu dispatched Xiang Sheng and Long Ju to attack Huainan, while the King of Xiang remained behind to assault Xiayi.

數月，龍且擊淮南，破布軍。 After several months of fighting, Long Ju attacked Huainan and routed Bu's forces.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 94Biography of Tian Dan, King of Qi · 3 passages

楚使龍且救齊，齊王與合軍高密。 Chu dispatched Long Ju to rescue Qi, and the King of Qi joined forces with him at Gaomi.

漢將韓信與曹參破殺龍且，虜齊王廣。 The Han general Han Xin, together with Cao Shen, defeated and killed Long Ju and took King Guang of Qi prisoner.

韓信已殺龍且，因令曹參進兵破殺田既於膠東，使灌嬰破殺齊將田吸於千乘。 After Han Xin killed Long Ju, he sent Cao Shen to advance into Jiaodong and destroy Tian Ji, and dispatched Guan Ying to defeat and kill the Qi general Tian Xi at Qiancheng.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 98Biographies of Fu, Jin, and the Marquis of Kuaicheng · 1 passage

從擊項冠、周蘭、龍且，所將卒斬騎將一人敖下，益食邑。 He took part in the campaigns against Xiang Guan, Zhou Lan, and Long Ju. The troops under his command beheaded a cavalry general at Ao, and his fief was enlarged.