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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Sex: maleExplicit · shiji:113:s0043, shiji:114:s0030
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 110Explicit · shiji:114:s0068
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元封元年冬 · Western Year: BC 110Explicit event contextual date · shiji:114:s0060, shiji:114:s0068
- Source Date: Text: 元鼎五年 · Western Year: BC 112Explicit · shiji:114:s0047
- Source Date: Text: 元鼎六年秋 · Western Year: BC 111Explicit · shiji:114:s0052
- Source Date: Text: 建元六年 · Western Year: BC 135Explicit event contextual date · shiji:114:s0030, shiji:114:s0026
- Source Date: Text: 閩越內訌時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 136 · End: BC 135Explicit 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 135Explicit · shiji:114:s0046
- Status: self-proclaimed-emperor · Action: assumed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元鼎六年秋 · Western Year: BC 111Explicit · shiji:114:s0055
- Status: self-proclaimed-king · Action: assumed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元六年 · Western Year: BC 135Explicit · shiji:114:s0043
Places and affiliations
- Polity Name: Dongyue / 東越 · Relation: ruledExplicit · shiji:114:s0046
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Quoted: false · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元鼎五年 · Western Year: BC 112Explicit · shiji:114:s0047
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Events and relationships
- 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 135Explicit · 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 112Explicit · 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 111Explicit · 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 112Explicit · shiji:114:s0048
- 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 111Explicit · shiji:114:s0055
References in the histories
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