Qin and Han · King of Huaiyang and Lu

Yu 餘

Attested BC 155 - BC 129

Passages: 6
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Yu was a king of Huaiyang and Lu.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	King Gong of Lu	魯共王	Lu Gong Wang

Life and dates

Death

Died
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 31

Attested activity

BC 154 三年
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 11, passage 32
BC 154 三年春正月
Directly stated · Book of Han 6, passage 56
BC 154 to BC 129 二十六年卒
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 31
BC 155 二年春三月
Directly stated · Book of Han 6, passage 48
BC 154 孝景前三年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 27
BC 155 孝景前二年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 26

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor Jing (孝景皇帝)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 3
Parent of Liu Guang (光)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 31
Child of Emperor Jing of Han (漢景帝)
imperial son 皇子
Directly stated · Book of Han 6, passage 48
Child of Consort Cheng (程姬)
mother 母
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 3
Sibling of Duan (端)
same-mother brother 同母 · Maternal half siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 3
Sibling of Fei (非)
same-mother brother 同母 · Maternal half siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 3

Key source chapters

Career and standing

King of Huaiyang 淮陽王
BC 155 二年春三月 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Han 6, passage 48
King of Huaiyang 淮陽王
BC 155 孝景前二年 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 26
King of Lu 魯王
BC 154 孝景前三年 · Transferred
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 27
King of Huaiyang 淮陽王
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 11, passage 32
King of Lu 魯王
BC 154 三年 · Transferred
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 11, passage 32

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Royal kinsman
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 1

Assessments and attributes

stammered
Physical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 30

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 6Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Jing · 2 passages

春三月，立皇子德為河間王，閼為臨江王，餘為淮陽王，非為汝南王，彭祖為廣川王，發為長沙王。 In the third month of spring, he enfeoffed his imperial sons De as King of Hejian, Yan as King of Linjiang, Yu as King of Huaiyang, Fei as King of Runan, Pengzu as King of Guangchuan, and Fa as King of Changsha.

春正月，淮陽王宮正殿災。 In the first month of spring, the main hall of the Huaiyang King's palace suffered a fire.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 11Annals of the Xiaojing Emperor · 1 passage

徙濟北王志為菑川王，淮陽王餘為魯王，汝南王非為江都王。 He transferred King Zhi of Jibei to Zichuan, King Yu of Huaiyang to Lu, and King Fei of Runan to Jiangdu.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 59House of the Five Clans · 3 passages

程姬子曰餘、非、端。 Consort Cheng bore three sons: Yu, Fei, and Duan.

魯共王餘，以孝景前二年用皇子為淮陽王。 King Gong of Lu, whose name was Yu, was first enfeoffed as King of Huaiyang as an imperial prince in the second year of Emperor Jing's early reign.

二年，吳楚反破後，以孝景前三年徙為魯王。 Two years later, after the rebellion of Wu and Chu had been crushed, he was transferred to become King of Lu in the third year of Emperor Jing's early reign.