Ancient China · Retainer and Assassin

Yu Rang 豫讓

Attested BC 455 - BC 453

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yu Rang was a Retainer and Assassin.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 455 to BC 453 智氏之豫讓
Strongly inferred · History of Song 484, passage 8

Assessments and attributes

Assessment exemplar of loyalty after serving successive masters · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 484, passage 8

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 484Volume 484 Biographies 243: Three Zhou Officials Han Tong, Li Yun, Li Zhongjin · 1 passage

曰：智氏之豫讓非歟！ The answer is Yu Rang of the house of Zhi — was he not such a man?