Qin and Han · Qin governor of Sanchuan

Li You 李由

Lǐ Yóu

First attested BC 209; died BC 208

Passages: 6
Chapters: 6
Histories: 2

Overview

Li You was a Qin governor of Sanchuan.

Life and dates

Death

BC 208 南救雍丘，擊李由軍，破之，殺李由，虜秦候一人。
Cause Killed in battle · Authority Cao Shen (曹參)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 48, passage 161
Cause Killed in battle · Authority Cao Shen (曹參)
Directly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 161; Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 18

Attested activity

BC 208 anti-Qin uprising
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 48, passage 161
BC 209 二世元年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 48, passages 7, 62
BC 208 擊李由軍
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 18
BC 208 擊李由軍雍丘下
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 57, passage 21
BC 208 to BC 207 破李由軍
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 98, passage 23

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Governor of Sanchuan
Polity Qin
Directly stated · Book of Han 1, passage 133

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 1Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 1 · 1 passage

定陶未下，沛公與項羽西略地至雍丘，與秦軍戰，大敗之，斬三川守李由。 Dingtao had not yet fallen. Pei Gong and Xiang Yu marched west to seize territory as far as Yongqiu, where they battled Qin troops and greatly defeated them, beheading the governor of Sanchuan, Li You.

Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 1 passage

南救雍丘，擊李由軍，破之，殺李由，虜秦候一人。 Marching south to Yongqiu, he crushed Li You's army, slew Li You, and captured a Qin scout.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 48House of Chen She · 1 passage

李由為三川守，守滎陽，吳叔弗能下。 Li You, the Governor of Sanchuan, defended Xingyang, and Wu Guang could not take it.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 54House of Chancellor Cao · 1 passage

擊李由軍，破之，殺李由，虜秦候一人。 In the battle against the army of Li You, he defeated the enemy, slew Li You, and captured a Qin marquis.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 57House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang · 1 passage

擊李由軍雍丘下。 Bo engaged the army of Li You beneath the walls of Yongqiu.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 98Biographies of Fu, Jin, and the Marquis of Kuaicheng · 1 passage

破李由軍。 He then defeated the army of Li You.