Qin and Han · Royal Family Member

Left Worthy King 左賢王

Zuo Xian Wang

Attested BC 121

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Left Worthy King was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 121 後二歲
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 109, passage 88

References in the histories

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

行可數百里，匈奴左賢王將四萬騎圍廣，廣軍士皆恐，廣乃使其子敢往馳之。 After they had advanced several hundred li, the Left Worthy King of the Xiongnu descended upon them with forty thousand cavalry and surrounded Guang. His soldiers were all terrified. Guang sent his son Li Gan to ride out against the enemy.

李敢以校尉從驃騎將軍擊胡左賢王，力戰，奪左賢王鼓旗，斬首多，賜爵關內侯，食邑二百戶，代廣為郎中令。 Li Gan, serving as a colonel under the General of the Swift Cavalry, had fought valiantly against the Left Worthy King of the Xiongnu, seizing the enemy's war drums and battle standards and taking many heads. He was granted the title of Marquis Within the Passes with a fief of two hundred households, and succeeded his father as Superintendent of the Imperial Household.