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.

Connections

• 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.