Qin and Han · General

Zhou Yafu 周亞夫

Attested BC 154

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhou Yafu was a general.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Epithet	Xiliu	細柳	Xiliu

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 154 細柳
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 60

Assessments and attributes

Assessment martial renown of Xiliu used as a standard Maozhen fell short of · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 132, passage 60

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 132Volume 132: Biographies of Descendents 1: Li Maozhen, Gao Wanxing, Han Xun, Li Renfu · 1 passage

但禦軍整眾，都無紀律，當食則造庖廚，往往席地而坐，內外持管鑰者，亦呼為司空太保，與夫細柳、大樹之威名，蓋相遠矣。 Yet in commanding troops he observed no discipline at all; at mealtimes he would go to the kitchens and often sit on the ground; even those who held the keys inside and outside were addressed as Minister of Works and Grand Guardian — a far cry from the martial renown of Zhou Yafu and Feng Yi.