Qin and Han · Han Marquis and Commander

Marquis of Chiyi 馳義侯

Chiyi Hou

Attested BC 112 - BC 111

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Marquis of Chiyi was a Han Marquis and Commander.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 112 元鼎五年
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 113, passage 113
BC 112 to BC 111 及至南越反
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 116, passage 54

Key source chapters

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 113 Treatise on the Nanyue 2 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 116 Treatise on the Southwestern Yi People 1 passage

Career and standing

Marquis of Chiyi 馳義侯
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 116, passage 54

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 116, passage 54

Events and relationships

Mobilized yelang forces
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 113, passages 113, 131
Mustered southern Yi troops through Jianwei
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 116, passage 54

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 113Treatise on the Nanyue · 2 passages

使馳義侯因巴蜀罪人，發夜郎兵，下牂柯江：咸會番禺。 The Marquis Who Gallops for Righteousness was ordered to recruit convicts from Ba and Shu, mobilize the soldiers of Yelang, and descend the Zangke River. All forces were to converge on Panyu.

戈船、下厲將軍兵及馳義侯所發夜郎兵未下，南越已平矣。 Before the forces under the General of the War-Boats and the General of the Lower Li, or the Yelang soldiers mobilized by the Marquis Who Gallops for Righteousness, had even arrived, Nanyue had already been pacified.

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

及至南越反，上使馳義侯因犍為發南夷兵。 When the Southern Yue rose in rebellion, the Emperor sent the Marquis of Chiyi to muster southern Yi troops through Jianwei.