Qin and Han · Royal Family Member

Yu

Attested BC 155 - BC 129

Passages
6
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Yu as an aristocrat, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 6 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yu Yu
Posthumous name King Gong of Lu 魯共王 Lu Gong Wang
Title King of Huaiyang 淮陽王
Title King of Huaiyang 淮陽王 Huaiyang Wang
Title King of Lu 魯王
Title King of Lu 魯王 Lu Wang
Title King Yu of Huaiyang 淮陽王餘
Given Yu Yu
Personal name Yu Yu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
    Explicit · shiji:011:s0032
  • Source Date: Text: 三年春正月 · Western Year: BC 154
    Explicit · hanshu:006:s0056
  • Source Date: Text: 二十六年卒 · Western Interval: Start: BC 154 · End: BC 129
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:059:s0031
  • Source Date: Text: 二年春三月 · Western Year: BC 155
    Explicit · hanshu:006:s0048
  • Source Date: Text: 孝景前三年 · Western Year: BC 154
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:059:s0027
  • Source Date: Text: 孝景前二年 · Western Year: BC 155
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:059:s0026

Family

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  • Child of Emperor Jing (孝景皇帝)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Liu Guang (光)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
  • Child of Emperor Xiaojing (孝景皇帝)
    Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Child of Consort Cheng (程姬)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Duan (端)
    Kinship Term: same-mother brother / 同母 · Shared Parentage: maternal-half
  • Sibling of Fei (非)
    Kinship Term: same-mother brother / 同母 · Shared Parentage: maternal-half

Career and standing

  • Title: King of Huaiyang / 淮陽王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年春三月 · Western Year: BC 155
    Explicit · hanshu:006:s0048
  • Title: King of Huaiyang / 淮陽王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝景前二年 · Western Year: BC 155
    Explicit · shiji:059:s0026
  • Title: King of Lu / 魯王 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝景前三年 · Western Year: BC 154
    Explicit · shiji:059:s0027
  • Title: King of Huaiyang / 淮陽王 · Action: held
    Explicit · shiji:011:s0032
  • Title: King of Lu / 魯王 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
    Explicit · shiji:011:s0032

Places and affiliations

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 6Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Jing · 2 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 11Annals of the Xiaojing Emperor · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 59House of the Five Clans · 3 passages