Right Worthy King (右賢王)

Overview

The translated histories identify Right Worthy King as a royal family member and tribal leader. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Right Worthy King	右賢王	You Xian Wang
Title	Right Worthy King	右賢王

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:109:s0163

Roles

Royal Family Member
Tribal Leader

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天漢二年秋 · Western Year: BC 99
Explicit · shiji:109:s0163

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 109Biography of General Li · 1 passage

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數歲，天漢二年秋，貳師將軍李廣利將三萬騎擊匈奴右賢王於祁連天山，而使陵將其射士步兵五千人出居延北可千餘里，欲以分匈奴兵，毋令專走貳師也。 Several years later, in the autumn of the second year of the Tianhan era, General Li Guangli of Ershi led thirty thousand cavalry to attack the Right Worthy King of the Xiongnu in the Qilian and Tianshan mountains. Li Ling was ordered to lead his five thousand archers and infantry north from Juyan, about a thousand li deep, to draw off part of the Xiongnu forces and prevent them from concentrating against Li Guangli.