Qin and Han · Ruler

King of Southern Yue 南越王

Nanyue Wang

Attested BC 135

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King of Southern Yue was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 135 建元六年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 116, passages 18, 24

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Yue 南越 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 116, passage 24

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 116Treatise on the Southwestern Yi People · 1 passage

蒙乃上書說上曰：「南越王黃屋左纛，地東西萬餘里，名為外臣，實一州主也。 Tang Meng then submitted a memorial to the Emperor, arguing, 'The King of Southern Yue rides beneath a yellow canopy with a great banner at his left, and his domains stretch more than ten thousand li from east to west. In name, he is an outer vassal, but in truth he is the lord of an entire province.