Qin and Han · King of Guangchuan

Yue 越

Attested BC 148 - BC 137

Passages: 4
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Yue was a king of Guangchuan.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	King Hui of Guangchuan	廣川惠王	Guangchuan Hui Wang

Life and dates

Death

Died
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 113

Attested activity

BC 148 中二年
Directly stated · Book of Han 6, passage 98
BC 148 中二年夏
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 11, passage 63
BC 148 to BC 137 十二年卒
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 113
BC 148 孝景中二年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 112

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 6
Parent of Liu Qi (齊)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 113
Child of Emperor Jing of Han (漢景帝)
imperial son 皇子
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Han 6, passage 98; Records of the Grand Historian 11, passage 63
Child of Lady Wang Erxu (王夫人兒姁)
mother 母
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 6
Sibling of Cheng (乘)
same-mother brother 同母 · Maternal half siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 6
Sibling of Ji (寄)
same-mother brother 同母 · Maternal half siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 6
Sibling of Liu Shun (舜)
same-mother brother 同母 · Maternal half siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 6

Key source chapters

Career and standing

King of Guangchuan 廣川王
BC 148 中二年 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Han 6, passage 98
King of Guangchuan 廣川王
BC 148 孝景中二年 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 59, passage 112
King of Guangchuan 廣川王
BC 148 中二年夏 · Appointed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 11, passage 63

Places and affiliations

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

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 6Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Jing · 1 passage

立皇子越為廣川王，寄為膠東王。 He enfeoffed his imperial sons Yue as King of Guangchuan and Ji as King of Jiaodong.

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

夏，立皇子越為廣川王，子寄為膠東王。 That summer, he made his son Yue King of Guangchuan and his son Ji King of Jiaodong.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 59House of the Five Clans · 2 passages

王夫人兒姁子曰越、寄、乘、舜。 Lady Wang, also known as Erxu, bore four sons: Yue, Ji, Cheng, and Shun.

廣川惠王越，以孝景中二年用皇子為廣川王。 King Hui of Guangchuan, whose name was Yue, was enfeoffed as King of Guangchuan as an imperial prince in the second year of Emperor Jing's middle reign.