繇王居股 / Jugu (Dongyue royal insider)

Overview

繇王居股 / Jugu is the Dongyue royal insider whom Hanji 356-2 credits with joining 建成侯敖 to kill 余善, surrender, and receive Han reward.

Current Profile

Jugu’s bounded importance lies in converting royal proximity into a successful internal overthrow. Together with Ao, he kills Yu Shan after Han pressure and earlier defections have weakened Dongyue cohesion, then brings followers to the Han side. The episode says he is rewarded afterward, showing how conquest can be completed by incorporating an internal rival rather than destroying every local elite.

Key Characteristics

• Royal insider within the Dongyue political field.
• Co-actor in the killing of Yu Shan.
• Surrender leader whose cooperation receives Han recognition.

Evidence

• Royal-insider action: Hanji 356-2 identifies Jugu as the royal figure acting with Ao.
• Killing and surrender: Hanji 356-2 makes their killing of Yu Shan the prelude to collective submission.
• Reward: Hanji 356-2 includes Jugu in the post-surrender enfeoffment sequence.

Qualifications

The supplied transcript gives the corrupted form “姚王洛居谷.” This page cautiously routes it to 繇王居股, but the precise title, spelling, kinship, reward, and private motive require primary-text verification. No full biography is available from this source.

What Changed

• Created a source-bounded profile for Jugu’s role in Yu Shan’s death and the surrender settlement.

Relationships

• 余善 - ruler Jugu helps overthrow and kill.
• 建成侯敖 - partner in the killing and surrender.
• 东越 - polity within which Jugu holds royal status.
• 汉武帝 - emperor who rewards the surrender.
• 吴阳 - earlier defector who signals the same internal fracture.