Ancient China · Ruler

Chanyu 單于

Attested BC 250 - BC 229

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Chanyu was a ruler.

IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only
Found inBook of Han

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Book of Han, Chapter 59Volume 50: Zhang, Feng, Ji and Zheng · 1 passage
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委任而責成功，故李牧乃得盡其知能，選車千三百乘，彀騎萬三千匹，百金之士十萬，是以北逐單于，破東胡，滅澹林，西抑強秦，南支韓、魏。 Given full trust and answerable only for results, Li Mu could deploy his genius: thirteen hundred chariots, thirteen thousand horse archers, and a hundred thousand picked warriors—enough to chase the Chanyu, crush the Eastern Hu, wipe out the Danlin, hold Qin at bay, and shield Han and Wei on the south.