Qin and Han · Qiantang garrison commander

Yuan Zhonggu 轅終古

Yuán Zhōnggǔ

Attested BC 110

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuan Zhonggu was a Qiantang garrison commander.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 110 元封元年冬
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 114, passages 60, 62

Career and standing

Marquis of Yu'er 御兒侯
BC 110 元封元年冬 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 114, passage 62

Events and relationships

Beheaded patrol north general
BC 110 元封元年冬 · Military · Killer · With General Who Patrols the North (徇北將軍)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 114, passage 62

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 114Treatise on the Eastern Yue · 1 passage

樓船將軍率錢唐轅終古斬徇北將軍，為御兒侯。 The General of the Towered Ships directed Yuan Zhonggu, the garrison commander of Qiantang, to slay the General Who Patrols the North. For this feat, Yuan Zhonggu was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Yu'er.