Qin and Han · General and Aristocrat

Peng Yue 彭越

Died BC 196

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Peng Yue was a general and Aristocrat.

Life and dates

Death

BC 196 夏
Executed · Authority Empress Lü (呂后)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 93, passage 99

Attested activity

BC 196 夏，誅彭越
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 93, passage 99

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 93Biographies of Han Xin (King of Han) and Lu Wan · 1 passage

往年春，漢族淮陰，夏，誅彭越，皆呂后計。 Last spring, the court destroyed the clan of the Marquis of Huaiyin. That summer, Peng Yue was executed. Both were the schemes of Empress Lu.