Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General

Zong Yue 宗越

Zōng Yuè

Attested AD 465 - AD 466

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zong Yue was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 465 to AD 466 明帝時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 76, passage 161

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 76Volume 76 Biographies 36: Zhu Xiuzhi, Zong Que, Wang Xuanmo · 2 passages

玄謨性嚴剋少恩，而將軍宗越御下更苛酷，軍士謂之語曰：「寧作五年徒，不逢王玄謨。 Xuanmo was harsh and stinting in mercy; General Zong Yue was crueller still. The troops had a rhyme: "Better five years as a convict than run into Wang Xuanmo.

玄謨猶自可，宗越更殺我。」 Xuanmo you can endure—Yue will kill you."