Laoshang
| Jiyu | |
|---|---|
| Laoshang Chanyu | |
Junchen Chanyu | |
| Born | Modern-day Mongolia |
| Died | 161 BCE |
| Father | Modu Chanyu |
Laoshang (
Name
Laoshang in Chinese means "old and elevated', and is probably a translation from a Xiongnu title, but might represent an attempt to phonetically represent a Xiongnu word.[1]
Life
In 177 BCE or 176 BCE, following direction from his father Modu, Jiyu put an end to the danger of the Yuezhi, made their king's skull into a drinking cup, and chased them from Gansu. The Yuezhi migrated west.[2]
In 174 BCE, Modu died and Jiyu became Laoshang Chanyu.
The Shiji chap. 110 says:
"Shortly after this, Maodun died and his son Jizhu was set up with the title of Old Shanyu. When Jizhu became Shanyu [in 174 BCE], Emperor Wen sent a princess of the imperial family to be his consort, dispatching a eunuch from Yan named Zhonghang Yue to accompany her as her tutor.[3]
In 166 BCE, Xiongnu forces under Laoshang raided within sight of Chang'an and carried off a large number of people and animals.[4]
In 165 BCE, the Xiongnu returned and raided within sight of Chang'an again.[4]
In 164 BCE, the Xiongnu under Laoshang overran Gansu and the Tarim Basin completely, driving out the Yuezhi and
In 161 BCE, Laoshang died and was succeeded by his son,
Footnotes
- ^ Hulsewé (1979), p. 120, n. 284.
- ISBN 0-8135-1304-9.
- ^ Watson (1993), p. 142.
- ^ a b Whiting 2002, p. 140.
- ^ Whiting 2002, p. 141.
- ^ Loewe 2000, p. 205.
References
- Benjamin, Craig G. R. (2007) The Yuezhi: Origin, Migration and the Conquest of Northern Bactria. Silk Road Studies XIV. Brepols, Belgium. ISBN 978-2-503-52429-0.
- Hill, John E. (2009) Through the Jade Gate to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dynasty, 1st to 2nd Centuries CE. John E. Hill. Book Surge, Charleston, South Carolina. ISBN 978-1-4392-2134-1.
- Hulsewé, A. F. P. (1979). China in Central Asia: The Early Stage 125 BC – AD 23: an annotated translation of chapters 61 and 96 of the History of the Former Han Dynasty. Introduction by M. A. N. Loewe. ISBN 90-04-05884-2. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
- Loewe, Michael (2000), A Biographical Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han, and Xin Periods, Brill
- Whiting, Marvin C. (2002), Imperial Chinese Military History, Writers Club Press
- Watson, Burton. (1993). Records of the Grand Historian of China. Han Dynasty II. (Revised Edition). New York, Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-08167-7.
- Yap, Joseph P. (2009). Wars With The Xiongnu, A Translation From Zizhi tongjian", pp. 107–121. Author House (2009) ISBN 978-1-4490-0604-4
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