Qin and Han · Ruler

Yi 逸

Attested AD 40 - AD 100

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yi was a ruler.

Life and dates

Death

died without an heir
Directly stated · Book of Sui 82, passage 10

Attested activity

AD 40 to AD 100 漢末以降
Directly stated · Book of Sui 82, passages 6-7, 10

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Fan Xiong (范熊)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Sui 82, passage 6

Kinship Role heir · Count 0 · Negated true
Directly stated · Book of Sui 82, passage 10
Kinship Role sons-and-younger-kinsmen · Quantity unnamed plural sons and younger kinsmen (子弟) · driven away or dispersed by Fan Wen
Directly stated · Book of Sui 82, passage 9

Career and standing

Succeeded
King
Directly stated · Book of Sui 82, passage 6

Places and affiliations

Polity Linyi 林邑 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Sui 82, passage 6

Events and relationships

Relation Master of · Person Fan Wen (范文)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 82, passage 7

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 82Volume 82 Biographies 47: The Nanman · 5 passages

無子，其甥范熊代立，死，子逸立。 Qu Lian left no son. His nephew Fan Xiong took the throne, and after Fan Xiong's death his son Yi became king.

日南人范文因亂為逸僕隸，遂教之築宮室，造器械。 During the upheaval a Rinan native named Fan Wen entered Yi's service as a bondservant and taught him palace-building and the forging of arms.

逸甚信任，使文將兵，極得眾心。 Yi relied on him completely, gave him command of the army, and Fan Wen won the wholehearted loyalty of the populace.

文因間其子弟，或奔或徙。 Fan Wen meanwhile uprooted Yi's sons and younger relatives, sending some into exile and displacing others.

及逸死，國無嗣，文自立為王。 When Yi died leaving no successor, Fan Wen seized the throne for himself.