Qin and Han · Warlord

Xiang Yu 項籍

Xiang Ji

Attested BC 209 - BC 202

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiang Yu was a warlord.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 209 to BC 202 項籍
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 117, passage 4

Works and attributed material

Book of Han 漢書
Relation Opening subject
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 117, passage 4

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 117, passage 4

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 117Volume 117 Book of Later Zhou 19: Shizong Annals 4 · 1 passage

伏以撰《漢書》者先為項籍，編《蜀記》首序劉璋，貴神器之傳授有因，歷數之推遷得序。 It is customary, as when the Book of Han began with Xiang Yu and the Shu Annals opened with Liu Zhang, to show that the transfer of the Mandate has its logic and that dynastic succession follows a proper sequence.