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 Ziyu ( Chinese: 子舆; pinyin: Hán Zǐyú), ancestral name Jì (姬), clan name Hán (韩), personal name Yú (舆), and posthumously known as Ziyu of Han, was the fourth head of the House of Han. He was the son of Dingbo of Han Han Jian ( Chine ...

.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” Han Jue's father died early and he was raised by Zhao Dun (赵盾), a senior Jin minister. Han Jue later became ''

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'' (司马), the minister of war, on Zhao Dun's recommendation.国语·卷十一 As ''sima'', Han participated in the

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(597 BC) and the Battle of An (589 BC).左传·宣公十二年左传·成公二年 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

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. 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,

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(赵武), to head the

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.左传·成公八年 In the

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(麻隧之战, 578 BC), Han commanded the Jin left wing.左传·成公十三年 During the

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(575 BC), he again commanded the Jin left wing and led a successful flanking maneuver against Chu.左传·成公十六年 In 573 BC, he became Jin's ''zhengqing'' (正卿),左传·成公十八年 the highest ministerial office in

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.http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/5/ZdicE6ZdicADZdicA385691.htm 正卿 Han Jue retired in 566 BC due to old age.左传·襄公七年 Han Jue was played by

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in the 2010 film ''

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''.

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