Qin and Han · General

General Yu 虞將軍

Yu Jiangjun

Attested BC 202

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

General Yu was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 202 漢五年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 99, passages 2-3

Places and affiliations

At Qi 齊
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 99, passage 3

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 99Biographies of Liu Jing and Shusun Tong · 3 passages

婁敬脫輓輅，衣其羊裘，見齊人虞將軍曰：「臣願見上言便事。」 Lou Jing stepped down from his cart, put on his sheepskin coat, and went to see Yu the General, a fellow man of Qi. He said, 'I wish to see the Sovereign and present a matter of advantage.'

虞將軍欲與之鮮衣，婁敬曰：「臣衣帛，衣帛見； General Yu wished to give him fine clothes. Lou Jing said, 'If I wear silk, I shall go to audience in silk;

於是虞將軍入言上。 General Yu then went in and reported this to the Emperor.