Ancient China · General

Yue Yi 樂毅

Attested BC 284 - BC 279

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yue Yi was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 284 to BC 279 《樂毅傳》所述戰國燕將之世
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 9, passage 74

Works and attributed material

Biography of Yue Yi 樂毅傳
Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 74

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 9Volume 9: Wang Mao; Cao Jingzong; Liu Qingyuan · 1 passage

頗愛史書，每讀《穰苴》、《樂毅傳》，輒放卷歎息曰：「丈夫當如是！」 He loved history; reading the Records of Rang Ju and the Biography of Yue Yi, he would close the scroll and sigh, "A man should be like this!"