Qin and Han · King of Dongyue

Yu Shan 餘善

Died BC 110

Passages
16
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Yu Shan as a named individual, rebel, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 16 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yu Shan 餘善 Yu Shan
Title King of Dongyue 東越王
Title Martial Emperor 武帝 Wudi
Personal name Yu Shan 餘善 Yú Shàn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Named Individual
  • Rebel
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: killed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元封元年冬 · Western Year: BC 110
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0068

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 元封元年冬 · Western Year: BC 110
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:114:s0060, shiji:114:s0068
  • Source Date: Text: 元鼎五年 · Western Year: BC 112
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0047
  • Source Date: Text: 元鼎六年秋 · Western Year: BC 111
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0052
  • Source Date: Text: 建元六年 · Western Year: BC 135
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:114:s0030, shiji:114:s0026
  • Source Date: Text: 閩越內訌時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 136 · End: BC 135
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:113:s0043

Family

  • Sibling of Ying (郢)
    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 Dongyue / 東越王 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元六年 · Western Year: BC 135
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0046
  • Status: self-proclaimed-emperor · Action: assumed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元鼎六年秋 · Western Year: BC 111
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0055
  • Status: self-proclaimed-king · Action: assumed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元六年 · Western Year: BC 135
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0043

Places and affiliations

  • Polity Name: Dongyue / 東越 · Relation: ruled
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0046

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: killed-and-surrendered · Other Person Id: Ying (郢)
    Explicit · shiji:113:s0043
  • Kind: assassination · Role: perpetrator · Action: killed-Ying · Other Person Id: Ying (郢) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元六年 · Western Year: BC 135
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0037
  • Kind: military · Role: offered-ally · Action: offered-8000-troops · Other Person Id: Yang Pu (楊僕) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元鼎五年 · Western Year: BC 112
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0047
  • Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: plotted-to-kill-Ying · Other Person Id: Ying (郢) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元六年 · Western Year: BC 135
  • Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: rebelled-and-blocked-Han-roads · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元鼎六年秋 · Western Year: BC 111
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0052
  • Kind: diplomatic · Role: double-dealer · Action: secretly-contacted-Nanyue · Place: Jieyang / 揭揚 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元鼎五年 · Western Year: BC 112
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0048
  • Kind: relationship · Type: elder-brother · Target: King of Minyue (閩越王)
    Explicit · hanshu:074:s0085

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: committed the greatest treason · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0081
  • Item: imperial seal inscribed 'Martial Emperor' / 「武帝」璽 · Relation: carved · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元鼎六年秋 · Western Year: BC 111
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0055

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 74Volume 64a: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 1 · 2 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 113Treatise on the Nanyue · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 114Treatise on the Eastern Yue · 13 passages