Lü Jia (; died 111 BC), or Lữ Gia in Vietnamese, also called Bảo Công (保公),- 5671/ 633. HƯNG YÊN TỈNH ÂN THI HUYỆN CÁC XÃ THẦN TÍCH 興安省恩施縣各社神蹟 - một bản viết, 324 tr., 29.5 x 21, chữ Hán, AE.A3/1 - Thần tích 3 thôn, 6 xã thuộc huyện Ân Thi, tỉnh Hưng Yên
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(Nam Việt) during the reigns of its three last kings (

Zhao Yingqi Zhao Yingqi (; Vietnamese: ''Triệu Anh Tề'', ? – 115 BC) was the son of Zhao Mo and the third ruler of the kingdom of Nanyue. His rule began in 122 BC and ended with his death in 115 BC. After the Western Han dynasty aided Nanyue in fe ...

Zhao Xing Zhao Xing (; Cantonese: ''Ziu6 Hing1'', Vietnamese: ''Triệu Hưng'', ? – 112 BC), was the second son of Zhao Yingqi and the fourth ruler of Nanyue. His rule began in 115 BC and ended with his death in 112 BC, when he was overthrown and k ...

and

Zhao Jiande Zhao Jiande (, Vietnamese: ''Triệu Kiến Đức'', ?–111 BC) was the last king of Nanyue. His rule began in 112 BC and ended in the next year. He was executed by Western Han forces during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han. Early life Zhao Ji ...

). Lü overthrew and killed Zhao Xing and Queen Jiu of Nanyue. Eventually Lü was killed and defeated by Han forces.

Biography

The ''

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'' only mentions that Lü Jia served as prime minister during the reign of the three kings. Members of his clan often intermarried with the royal family, and over 70 of his kinsmen served as officials in various parts of the Nanyue government. Lü had high prestige in Nanyue and overshadowed the king.''

'', vol. 113 According to Vietnamese legend, he was a Lạc Việt chief born in Lôi Dương, Cửu Chân (modern Thọ Xuân District, Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam). In 113 BC,

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sent Anguo Shaoji (安國少季) to Nanyue to summon

and Queen Dowager Jiu to

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for an audience. The Queen Dowager was a

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from

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. Before she married Zhao Yingqi, she had an affair with Anguo Shaoji. Nanyue people did not trust Queen Jiu, and at the time, King Zhao Xing was young. Fearful of losing her position of authority, Queen Jiu decided to fully submit to the

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. Lü and other ministers strongly opposed this, so Lü decided to revolt. He said he was ill and did not meet with the Han envoys. The Queen Dowager wanted to kill Lü, but was stopped by the Nanyue king. Lü gathered soldiers and planned to revolt. In 112 BC, Emperor Wu received information of the rebellion and dispatched Han Qianqiu (韓千秋) with 2000 soldiers to arrest Lü. During this time, Lü staged a coup and executed Queen Jiu and Zhao Xing. He crowned Prince

as the new king and declared war on the Han dynasty. In 111 BC, Han generals Lu Bode and

Yang Pu Yang Pu ( zh, 楊溥; 900 – January 21, 939), also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Rui of Yang Wu (), was the last ruler of China's Yang Wu dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and the only one that claimed ...

attacked Nanyue and captured the capital

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(modern

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). Lü fled with Zhao Jiande, but was captured and executed. Lü's tomb is in modern Ân Thi District,

Hưng Yên Province Hưng Yên (/hɨŋ˧˧:iən˧˧/) is a province in the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam. History Dynastic period The area of the province of Hưng Yên has been inhabited for millennia. Under the Ngô dynasty, it was called Dang Chau. It wa ...

, Vietnam where he is worshipped by local people together with his brother Lang Công.

References

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