Ancient China · Soldier

Xia Yu 夏育

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Xia Yu was a Soldier.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Han 98, passage 193; Records of the Grand Historian 120, passage 41

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 98Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 · 1 passage

賁、育之倫，蒙盾負羽，杖鏌邪而羅者以萬計，其餘荷垂天之畢，張竟野之罘，靡日月之誅竿，曳彗星之飛旗。 Champions like Ben and Yu, shields and plumes, Mo Ye swords—myriads; others spread heaven-wide nets and comet banners.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 120Biographies of Ji and Zheng · 1 passage

然至其輔少主，守城深堅，招之不來，麾之不去，雖自謂賁育亦不能奪之矣。」 But when it comes to safeguarding a young sovereign, he would hold the fortress with unyielding resolve—no summons could lure him away, and no command could dislodge him. Even men who fancy themselves the equals of Meng Ben and Xia Yu could not wrest his loyalty from him.'