百越 / Baiyue
百越 / Baiyue enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·秦纪》119-3｜历史上第一位真正意义上“垂帘听政”太后 as the broad southern label attached to 王翦’s post-Chu campaign. After Qin destroys 楚国, the episode says Wang Jian pacifies Jiangnan, subdues Baiyue, and establishes 会稽郡.
The source stresses that Baiyue is not a single state. It is a collective name for multiple Yue peoples and polities around and beyond the old 吴国 and 越国 regions. The episode cites a wide range from Jiaozhi to Kuaiji, but cautions that Qin’s deeper incorporation of Lingnan belongs to the later post-unification southern campaign rather than to this immediate 222 BCE sequence.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》123-2｜古代时期的“倒插门”到底有多危险 supplies that later post-unification campaign. In Qin Shi Huang’s thirty-third year, the source says Qin drafts捕亡人,赘婿, and merchants for the southern expedition, takes the broad Lingnan region, and establishes 桂林郡, 南海郡, and 象郡. The episode therefore turns Baiyue from a southeastern extension after Chu into a central case for 统一后战争惯性 and 边缘身份征发.
Hanji 169 part 2 moves the Baiyue branch into the Western Han founding settlement. The episode says 吴芮 had led Baiyue groups in the anti-Qin campaign, and 刘邦 later makes him king of 长沙国. The same episode pairs this with 无诸 / Wuzhu’s 闽越 kingship, linking broad Baiyue/Yue-descended southern forces to Han recognition politics.
Hanji 184 adds the Nanyue-frontier pressure side. The source says 赵佗’s 南越 polity had enough southern strength and Baiyue-linked border activity that 刘邦 sent 陆贾 to seek submission by recognition before war.
Connections
- Hanji 184, 赵佗, 南越, 陆贾, and 刘邦 - Nanyue recognition and southern-border submission attempt.
- Hanji 169 part 2, 吴芮, 长沙国, 无诸 / Wuzhu, and 闽越 - southern coalition service and early Han title recognition.
- 王翦 - Qin commander tied to the episode’s southern pacification notice.
- 秦国 and 楚国 - conquering state and recently destroyed southern opponent.
- 会稽郡 - administrative endpoint created from the campaign in the source.
- 吴国 and 越国 - older regional frame used to explain the first conquered area.
- 灭国后的郡县化过渡 - administrative pattern this source extends southward.
- 桂林郡, 南海郡, and 象郡 - Qinji 123-2 commanderies created after deeper Lingnan conquest.
- 边缘身份征发 and 统一后战争惯性 - social and institutional frames attached to the 214 BCE campaign.