Qin and Han · Nanyue General

Younger brother of Lu Jia

Attested BC 113 - BC 112

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Younger brother of Lu Jia was a Nanyue General.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 113 to BC 112 元鼎四年至五年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 113, passages 79, 99

Family

Sibling of Lü Jia (呂嘉)
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 113, passage 79

Career and standing

general 將
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 113, passage 79

Events and relationships

Helped kill king and envoys
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 113, passage 99

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 113Treatise on the Nanyue · 3 passages

嘉弟為將，將卒居宮外。 Lu Jia's younger brother, who was a general, had his soldiers stationed just outside the palace.

嘉遂出，分其弟兵就舍，稱病，不肯見王及使者。 Lu Jia withdrew, deployed a portion of his brother's soldiers to guard his own quarters, and claimed illness. He refused to see either the king or the envoys.

乃與其弟將卒攻殺王、太后及漢使者。 Lu Jia and his brother then led their soldiers in an assault on the palace, killing the king, the Queen Dowager, and the Han envoys.