Ancient China · Warrior

Ben 賁

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ben was a Warrior.

Life and dates

Attested activity

賁育
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 59, passage 165

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Book of Han 59, passage 165

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 59Volume 50: Zhang, Feng, Ji and Zheng · 1 passage

曰：「使黯任職居官，亡以愈人，然至其輔少主守成，雖自謂賁、育弗能奪也。」 Yan Zhu replied: "Set him to routine administration and he seems ordinary; but charge him with guarding a young heir and the legacy of the house—even Ben and Yu could not shake his resolve."