Qin and Han · Ruler

Chanyu 單于

Attested BC 99

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chanyu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 99 天漢二年秋
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 109, passage 164

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Daughter of the Chanyu (單于女)
daughter 女
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 109, passage 170

Events and relationships

Married daughter to li ling
Diplomatic · Patron · With Li Ling (李陵)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 109, passage 170

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 109Biography of General Li · 2 passages

陵既至期還，而單于以兵八萬圍擊陵軍。 When Ling had reached the appointed rendezvous and was turning back, the Chanyu descended upon him with eighty thousand men and surrounded his army.

單于既得陵，素聞其家聲，及戰又壯，乃以其女妻陵而貴之。 After the Chanyu had taken Ling captive, he had long heard of the Li family's reputation, and Ling had fought with great valor. He therefore gave Ling one of his own daughters in marriage and honored him.