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Modu was a ruler.
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 93Biographies of Han Xin (King of Han) and Lu Wan · 4 passages
秋，匈奴冒頓大圍信，信數使使胡求和解。
That autumn, the Xiongnu Chanyu Modu besieged Xin with a massive force. Xin sent envoy after envoy to the Xiongnu to negotiate peace.
（與）其與白土人曼丘臣、王黃等立趙苗裔趙利為王，復收信敗散兵，而與信及冒頓謀攻漢。
Together with Manqiu Chen and Wang Huang, men of Baitu, they set up Zhao Li, a scion of the Zhao royal house, as king. They rallied Xin's defeated and scattered troops and, together with Xin and Modu, plotted to attack Han.
匈奴常敗走，漢乘勝追北，聞冒頓居代（上）谷，高皇帝居晉陽，使人視冒頓，還報曰「可擊」。
The Xiongnu suffered defeat after defeat and retreated. Han pressed its advantage and pursued northward. Hearing that Modu was encamped in the Dai Valley, the High Emperor, based at Jinyang, sent scouts to assess his forces. They returned and reported: 'He can be attacked.'
閼氏乃說冒頓曰：「今得漢地，猶不能居；
The consort persuaded Modu, saying: 'Even if you were to seize the Han lands, you could not hold them.