Han Jue Explained

Han Jue
Succession:5th Leader of Han clan
Successor1:Han Qi
Full Name:Ancestral name

(姬)
Lineage name: Hán (韓)
Given name: Jué (厥)

Posthumous Name:Xiàn (獻)
Father:Ziyu
Issue:Han Wuji
Han Qi
House:Han

Han Jue (; died after 566 BC), posthumously known as Han Xianzi, was the fifth head of the House of Han and a Jin politician and general. He was the son of Ziyu of Han.[1] Han Jue's father died early and he was raised by Zhao Dun (赵盾), a senior Jin minister. Han Jue later became sima (司马), the minister of war, on Zhao Dun's recommendation.[2] As sima, Han participated in the Battle of Bi (597 BC) and the Battle of An (589 BC).[3] [4] According to the Zuozhuan, Ziyu appeared to Han Jue in a dream the night before the Battle of An and warned him not to ride in the left or right side of the chariot to avoid being killed by Duke Qing of Qi. During the battle, the soldiers to Han Jue's left and right were shot by arrows. In 583 BC, he supported Zhao Dun's grandson, Zhao Wu (赵武), to head the House of Zhao.[5] In the Battle of Masui (麻隧之战, 578 BC), Han commanded the Jin left wing.[6] During the Battle of Yanling (575 BC), he again commanded the Jin left wing and led a successful flanking maneuver against Chu.[7] In 573 BC, he became Jin's zhengqing (正卿),[8] the highest ministerial office in Ancient China.[9] Han Jue retired in 566 BC due to old age.[10]

Han Jue was played by Huang Xiaoming in the 2010 film Sacrifice.[11]

Notes and References

  1. 司马贞·史记索隐 “万生赇伯,赇伯生定伯简,简生舆,舆生献子厥”
  2. 国语·卷十一
  3. 左传·宣公十二年
  4. 左传·成公二年
  5. 左传·成公八年
  6. 左传·成公十三年
  7. 左传·成公十六年
  8. 左传·成公十八年
  9. http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/5/ZdicE6ZdicADZdicA385691.htm 正卿
  10. 左传·襄公七年
  11. Web site: Zhao shi gu er (2010) - IMDb.