Qin and Han · Envoy

Lü Yueren 呂越人

Attested BC 129 - BC 122

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Lü Yueren was an envoy.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 122 元狩元年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 116, passages 43, 46
BC 129 副使者…呂越人
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 67, passages 26, 35

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 67, passage 2; Records of the Grand Historian 116, passage 46

Events and relationships

Sought route to Shendu through western Yi
Diplomatic · Envoy
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 116, passage 46
Relation Deputy envoy to · Person Sima Xiangru (司馬相如)
Directly stated · Book of Han 67, passage 26

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 67Volume 57b: Sima Xiangru · 1 passage

副使者王然於、壺充國、呂越人，馳四乘之傳，因巴、蜀吏幣物以賂西南夷。 His deputies Wang Ranyu, Hu Chongguo, and Lü Yueren raced ahead on four-horse relay carriages, while local officials from Ba and Shu carried gifts to win over the southwestern tribes.

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

於是天子乃令王然于、柏始昌、呂越人等，使閒出西夷西，指求身毒國。 The Emperor thereupon ordered Wang Ranyu, Bo Shichang, Lü Yueren, and others to slip through the western Yi territories and press westward in search of the kingdom of Shendu.