Qin and Han · King of Minyue

Ying 郢

Yǐng

Died BC 135

Passages: 8
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Ying as a rebel and ruler. This record brings together 8 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Ying	郢	Yǐng
Title	King of Minyue	閩越王
Title	King Ying	王郢	Wang Ying
Personal name	Ying	郢	Yǐng
Personal	Ying	郢	Ying

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:113:s0040, shiji:114:s0029
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:116:s0018

Roles

Rebel
Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Manner: assassinated-with-lance · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元六年 · Western Year: BC 135
Explicit · shiji:114:s0037
Manner: killed · Killer Person Id: Yu Shan (餘善)
Explicit · shiji:113:s0043
Manner: killed · Label: killed by Eastern Yue / 東越殺王郢
Explicit · shiji:116:s0018

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 建元六年 · Western Year: BC 135
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:114:s0029, shiji:114:s0026
Source Date: Text: 建元六年 · Western Year: BC 135
Explicit · shiji:116:s0018
Source Date: Text: 建元後閩越攻南越時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 136 · End: BC 135
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:113:s0040, shiji:113:s0043

Family

Sibling of Yu Shan (餘善)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: uncertain

Career and standing

Title: King of Minyue / 閩越王 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元六年 · Western Year: BC 135
Explicit · shiji:114:s0029

Places and affiliations

Polity: Eastern Yue / 東越 · Relation: ruled
Explicit · shiji:116:s0018
Polity Name: Minyue / 閩越 · Relation: ruled
Explicit · shiji:114:s0029

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: attacker · Action: attacked-Nanyue · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元六年 · Western Year: BC 135
Explicit · shiji:114:s0026, shiji:114:s0030
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked · Place: Nanyue border / 南越邊邑
Explicit · shiji:113:s0040

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 113Treatise on the Nanyue · 3 passages

此時閩越王郢興兵擊南越邊邑，胡使人上書曰：「兩越俱為藩臣，毋得擅興兵相攻擊。 At this time, King Ying of Minyue raised an army and attacked the border towns of Nanyue. Hu sent a memorial to the throne, stating: "Both Yue kingdoms serve as vassals of the empire. Neither should be permitted to raise troops and attack the other without authorization.

兵未踰嶺，閩越王弟餘善殺郢以降，於是罷兵。 Before the Han forces had even crossed the mountain passes, King Ying's younger brother Yu Shan killed him and surrendered. The campaign was thereupon called off.

助去後，其大臣諫胡曰：「漢興兵誅郢，亦行以驚動南越。 After Zhuang Zhu departed, the senior ministers remonstrated with Hu: "The Han raised an army to punish Ying, but their purpose was also to intimidate Nanyue.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 114Treatise on the Eastern Yue · 4 passages

兵未踰嶺，閩越王郢發兵距險。 Before the Han armies had even crossed the mountain passes, King Ying of Minyue sent his own troops to fortify the defiles.

詔罷兩將兵，曰：「郢等首惡，獨無諸孫繇君丑不與謀焉。」 An imperial edict ordered both armies to stand down, declaring: 'Ying and his accomplices were the chief culprits. Only Chou, Lord Yao, a grandson of Wuzhu, had no part in the conspiracy.'

餘善已殺郢，威行於國，國民多屬，竊自立為王。 Having killed Ying, Yu Shan's authority spread across the land. The people rallied to him in great numbers, and he secretly proclaimed himself king.

天子聞之，為餘善不足復興師，曰：「餘善數與郢謀亂，而後首誅郢，師得不勞。」 When the emperor learned of this, he decided it was not worth mobilizing the army again on account of Yu Shan, remarking: 'Yu Shan plotted rebellion alongside Ying time and again, yet in the end he was the first to bring Ying to justice, sparing our forces the trouble.'

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 116Treatise on the Southwestern Yi People · 1 passage

建元六年，大行王恢擊東越，東越殺王郢以報。 In the sixth year of the Jianyuan era, the Grand Herald Wang Hui attacked the Eastern Yue, and the Eastern Yue killed their king, Ying, in response.