Yue (越) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yue as an aristocrat, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 4 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	Yue	越	Yue
Posthumous name	King Hui of Guangchuan	廣川惠王	Guangchuan Hui Wang
Title	King of Guangchuan	廣川王
Title	King of Guangchuan	廣川王	Guangchuan Wang
Given	Yue	越	Yue
Personal name	Yue	越	Yue

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0098, shiji:011:s0063, shiji:059:s0006

Roles

Aristocrat
Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died
Explicit · shiji:059:s0113

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 中二年 · Western Year: BC 148
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0098
Source Date: Text: 中二年夏 · Western Year: BC 148
Explicit · shiji:011:s0063
Source Date: Text: 十二年卒 · Western Interval: Start: BC 148 · End: BC 137
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:059:s0113
Source Date: Text: 孝景中二年 · Western Year: BC 148
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:059:s0112

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 Qi (齊)
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
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological
Child of Lady Wang Erxu (王夫人兒姁)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Sibling of Cheng (乘)
Kinship Term: same-mother brother / 同母 · Shared Parentage: maternal-half
Sibling of Ji (寄)
Kinship Term: same-mother brother / 同母 · Shared Parentage: maternal-half
Sibling of Liu Shun (舜)
Kinship Term: same-mother brother / 同母 · Shared Parentage: maternal-half

Career and standing

Title: King of Guangchuan / 廣川王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中二年 · Western Year: BC 148
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0098
Title: King of Guangchuan / 廣川王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝景中二年 · Western Year: BC 148
Explicit · shiji:059:s0112
Title: King of Guangchuan / 廣川王 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中二年夏 · Western Year: BC 148
Explicit · shiji:011:s0063

Places and affiliations

Polity: Han / 漢 · Relation: royal-kinsman
Explicit · shiji:059:s0001

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 6Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Jing · 1 passage

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立皇子越為廣川王，寄為膠東王。 He enfeoffed his imperial sons Yue as King of Guangchuan and Ji as King of Jiaodong.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 11Annals of the Xiaojing Emperor · 1 passage

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夏，立皇子越為廣川王，子寄為膠東王。 That summer, he made his son Yue King of Guangchuan and his son Ji King of Jiaodong.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 59House of the Five Clans · 2 passages

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王夫人兒姁子曰越、寄、乘、舜。 Lady Wang, also known as Erxu, bore four sons: Yue, Ji, Cheng, and Shun.

廣川惠王越，以孝景中二年用皇子為廣川王。 King Hui of Guangchuan, whose name was Yue, was enfeoffed as King of Guangchuan as an imperial prince in the second year of Emperor Jing's middle reign.