Qin and Han · King of Changsha

Wu Rui 吳芮

Wú Ruì

Attested BC 209 - BC 206

Passages: 7
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

The translated histories identify Wu Rui as an administrator, official, and ruler. This record brings together 7 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wu Rui	吳芮	Wú Ruì
Personal
Title
Title	Fan Jun	番君	Fan Jun
Title	King of Changsha	長沙王	Changsha Wang
Title	King of Hengshan	衡山王	Hengshan Wang
Title	Lord Po	鄱君
Title	magistrate of Poyang	鄱陽令
Personal name	Wu Rui	吳芮	Wu Rui
Personal name	Wu Rui	吳芮	Wú Ruì

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:114:s0003

Roles

Administrator
Official
Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 諸侯畔秦 · Western Interval: Start: BC 209 · End: BC 206
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:114:s0003

Career and standing

Text: 立番君芮為長沙王
Explicit · hanshu:002:s0051

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 1Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 1 · 2 passages

還攻胡陽，遇番君別將梅鋗，與偕攻析、酈，皆降。 Returning to attack Huyang, he encountered Fan Jun's separate general Mei Zhu, and together they attacked Xi and Li, all of which surrendered.

番君吳芮為衡山王，都邾。 Fan Jun Wu Rui as King of Hengshan, capital at Zhu.

Book of Han, Chapter 2Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 2 · 4 passages

於是諸侯上疏曰：「楚王韓信、韓王信、淮南王英布、梁王彭越、故衡山王吳芮、趙王張敖、燕王臧荼昧死再拜言，大王陛下：先時秦為亡道，天下誅之。 So the feudal lords submitted a memorial: "Han Xin, King of Chu; Xin, King of Han; Ying Bu, King of Huainan; Peng Yue, King of Liang; Wu Rui, former King of Hengshan; Zhang Ao, King of Zhao; and Zang Tu, King of Yan, risking death, bow twice and say: Great King, Your Majesty, formerly Qin acted without the Way, and the world punished it.

詔曰：「故衡山王吳芮與子二人、兄子一人，從百粵之兵，以佐諸侯，誅暴秦，有大功，諸侯立以為王。 The edict said: "The former King of Hengshan, Wu Rui, with two sons and one nephew, led Baiyue troops to assist the feudal lords in punishing the violent Qin and had great merit. The feudal lords established him as king.

項羽侵奪之地，謂之番君。 Xiang Yu invaded and seized his territory, calling him Fan Jun.

其以長沙、豫章、象郡、桂林、南海立番君芮為長沙王。」 Enfeoff Fan Jun Wu Rui as King of Changsha with Changsha, Yuzhang, Xiangjun, Guilin, and Nanhai."

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 114Treatise on the Eastern Yue · 1 passage

及諸侯畔秦，無諸、搖率越歸鄱陽令吳芮，所謂鄱君者也，從諸侯滅秦。 When the lords rose against Qin, Wuzhu and Yao led their Yue followers to join Wu Rui, the magistrate of Poyang—known as Lord Po—and fought alongside the other lords to bring down the Qin dynasty.