Qin and Han · Military Officer

Tu Sui 屠睢

Attested BC 221 - BC 210

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Tu Sui was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 214 to BC 210 將樓船之士南攻百越
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 178
BC 221 to BC 214 尉屠睢將樓船之士攻越
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 75, passage 30

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 74 Volume 64a: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 1 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 75 Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112 Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu 1 passage

Career and standing

Commandant 尉
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 30
Commander 尉
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 178

Places and affiliations

Polity Qin 秦 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 30; Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 178

Events and relationships

Attacked hundred yue by sea
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passages 178-179
Attacked yue with tower ships
Military · Commander · At Yue 越
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passages 30-31
Defeated by yue
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 31

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 178

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 74Volume 64a: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 1 · 1 passage

臣聞長老言，秦之時嘗使尉屠睢擊越，又使監祿鑿渠通道。 The old men remember how Qin sent Commandant Tu Sui against Yue and Overseer Lu to cut a supply canal.

Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 1 passage

又使尉屠睢將樓船之士攻越，使監祿鑿渠運糧，深入越地，越人遁逃。 He also ordered Commandant Tu Sui to take marines in tower ships against the Yue, while Superintendent Lu cut a canal to move supplies deep into Yue country until the local people melted away into the hills.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu · 1 passage

又使尉[佗]屠睢將樓船之士南攻百越，使監祿鑿渠運糧，深入越，越人遁逃。 He also dispatched Commander Tu Sui to lead the naval forces south against the Hundred Yue, and sent Superintendent Lu to dig canals for transporting grain. They penetrated deep into Yue territory, but the Yue people fled into the wilderness.