Ancient China · Aristocrat and Official

Yue Xian 樂閒

Attested BC 279 - BC 251

Passages
7
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yue Xian as an aristocrat and official. This record brings together 7 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yue Xian 樂閒 Yue Xian
Title Lord of Changguo 昌國君 Changguo Jun

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 樂閒居燕三十餘年...奔趙 · Western Interval: Start: BC 279 · End: BC 251
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:080:s0088, shiji:080:s0093

Family

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  • Kin of Yue Cheng (樂乘)
    Kinship Term: clan relative / 宗
  • Child of Yue Yi (樂毅)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: Lord of Changguo / 昌國君 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · shiji:080:s0085

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: fugitive · Action: fled · Place: Zhao / 趙
    Explicit · shiji:080:s0093

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 80Biography of Yue Yi · 7 passages