Long Ju (龍且) | 24 Histories

Overview

Long Ju was a Chu general.

Life and dates

Death

BC 203 已而從韓信擊龍且軍於上假密，大破之，斬龍且，虜亞將周蘭。
Cause Beheaded · Authority Cao Shen (曹參)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 48, passage 211
Cause Beheaded
Directly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 211; Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 67
BC 203 韓信、曹參破殺龍且
Directly stated · Book of Han 42, passage 89
Killed in battle · Killed by Han Xin (韓信)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 94, passage 60

Attested activity

BC 205 to BC 203 Chu-Han contention
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 48, passage 189
BC 203 Qi campaign
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 48, passage 211
BC 204 圍漢王於滎陽城
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 85
BC 204 to BC 203 擊龍且
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 98, passage 8
BC 203 斬龍且
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 67
BC 205 東擊龍且
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 45

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BC 204 楚使龍且救齊
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 94, passages 59-60
BC 204 漢三年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 91, passages 76-77
BC 203 韓信、曹參破殺龍且
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 42, passage 89

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Places and affiliations

Polity Chu 楚 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 85

Events and relationships

Sent to rescue Qi
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 94, passage 59
Relation Minister of · Person King of Xiang (項王)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 85

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Book of Han, Chapter 1Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 1 · 3 passages

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楚使項聲、龍且攻布，布戰不勝。 Chu sent Xiang Sheng and Long Ju to attack Bu. Bu fought but was not victorious.

項羽聞韓信破齊，且欲擊楚，使龍且救齊。 Xiang Yu heard that Han Xin had broken Qi and was about to attack Chu, so he sent Long Ju to rescue Qi.

十一月，韓信與灌嬰擊破楚軍，殺楚將龍且，追至城陽，虜齊王廣。 In the eleventh month, Han Xin and Guan Ying attacked and defeated the Chu army, killed the Chu general Long Ju, pursued as far as Chengyang, and captured Tian Guang, King of Qi.

Book of Han, Chapter 42Volume 33: Wei Bao, Tian Dan and Hán Xin (King of Han) · 3 passages

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楚使龍且救齊，齊王與合軍高密。 Chu sent Long Ju to rescue Qi, and the Qi king joined forces with him at Gaomi.

漢將韓信、曹參破殺龍且，虜齊王廣。 Han generals Han Xin and Cao Shen defeated and killed Long Ju and captured King Guang of Qi.

韓信已殺龍且，因進兵破殺田既於膠東，灌嬰破殺齊將田吸於千乘，遂平齊地。 After Han Xin had killed Long Ju, he advanced and defeated and killed Tian Ji in Jiaodong. Guan Ying also defeated and killed the Qi general Tian Xi at Qiancheng, and Qi territory was thereby pacified.

Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 2 passages

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至河內，下脩武，度圍津，東擊龍且、項佗定陶，破之。 In Henei he reduced Xiuwu, crossed the ford at Weijin, and eastward defeated Long Ju and Xiang Tuo at Dingtao.

已而從韓信擊龍且軍於上假密，大破之，斬龍且，虜亞將周蘭。 He next followed Han Xin against Long Ju at Jiami, broke his army, slew Long Ju, and took Zhou Lan, his second-in-command, prisoner.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 54House of Chancellor Cao · 2 passages

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至河內，下修武，渡圍津，東擊龍且、項他定陶，破之。 After reaching Henei, he took Xiuwu, crossed at Weijin, and struck eastward against Long Ju and Xiang Ta at Dingtao, defeating them.

已而從韓信擊龍且軍於上假密，大破之，斬龍且，虜其將軍周蘭。 Soon afterward he joined Han Xin in attacking Long Ju's army at Shangjia. They dealt it a crushing blow, beheading Long Ju and capturing his general Zhou Lan.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 56House of Chancellor Chen · 1 passage

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顧楚有可亂者，彼項王骨鯁之臣亞父、鐘離眛、龍且、周殷之屬，不過數人耳。 But consider this: Chu has a vulnerability. The King of Xiang's most steadfast ministers—men like Yafu, Zhongli Mei, Long Ju, and Zhou Yin—number no more than a handful.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 91Biography of Qing Bu · 2 passages

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楚使項聲、龍且攻淮南，項王留而攻下邑。 Chu dispatched Xiang Sheng and Long Ju to attack Huainan, while the King of Xiang remained behind to assault Xiayi.

數月，龍且擊淮南，破布軍。 After several months of fighting, Long Ju attacked Huainan and routed Bu's forces.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 94Biography of Tian Dan, King of Qi · 3 passages

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楚使龍且救齊，齊王與合軍高密。 Chu dispatched Long Ju to rescue Qi, and the King of Qi joined forces with him at Gaomi.

漢將韓信與曹參破殺龍且，虜齊王廣。 The Han general Han Xin, together with Cao Shen, defeated and killed Long Ju and took King Guang of Qi prisoner.

韓信已殺龍且，因令曹參進兵破殺田既於膠東，使灌嬰破殺齊將田吸於千乘。 After Han Xin killed Long Ju, he sent Cao Shen to advance into Jiaodong and destroy Tian Ji, and dispatched Guan Ying to defeat and kill the Qi general Tian Xi at Qiancheng.

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

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從擊項冠、周蘭、龍且，所將卒斬騎將一人敖下，益食邑。 He took part in the campaigns against Xiang Guan, Zhou Lan, and Long Ju. The troops under his command beheaded a cavalry general at Ao, and his fief was enlarged.