安归 / Angui, King of Loulan (Western Han)

Overview

安归 / Angui enters the wiki through Hanji 403-2 as the Loulan king killed by 傅介子 during a Western Han mission in 77 BCE.

Current Profile

The source presents Angui as the Loulan ruler whose balancing between Western Han and Xiongnu becomes intolerable to Han after earlier attacks on Han envoys and goods. Fu Jiezi exploits Angui’s attraction to Han valuables, draws him into a private setting under the pretext of a confidential imperial message, and has two Han warriors stab him from behind.

Angui’s death is politically important because Fu immediately converts it into theater. He displays the head, warns Loulan nobles that Han troops will destroy the country if they resist, announces Angui’s offenses, and installs the Chang’an hostage Wei Tuqi as successor.

Key Characteristics

• Loulan king targeted as the personal node of Han’s punitive Western Regions strategy.
• Accused in the source of disrespecting Han, cooperating with Xiongnu, killing Han envoys, and taking Han goods and seals.
• Drawn into danger through valuables and confidential-audience language.
• Killed in a palace-side private meeting by Fu Jiezi’s two armed attendants.
• Becomes the visible object of deterrence when Fu displays his head before Loulan elites and later sends it to Chang’an.

Evidence

Target and accusation:

• Hanji 403-2 says Fu Jiezi targets Angui because Loulan had disrespected Han, cooperated with Xiongnu, killed Han envoys, and seized official goods.

Access and killing:

• Hanji 403-2 says Fu displays valuables, invites Angui into a private conversation, and has two Han warriors stab him from behind.

Deterrent aftermath:

• Hanji 403-2 says Fu displays Angui’s head, threatens Loulan nobles with Han destruction, and sends the head to Chang’an.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 403-2. It does not reconstruct Angui’s full reign, Loulan’s internal factions, the primary-source legal record, or whether the source’s psychological account of greed and surprise reflects the received historical text or the host’s dramatic narration.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 403-2 as the killed Loulan ruler in Fu Jiezi’s second-mission sequence.

Relationships

• 傅介子 / Fu Jiezi (Western Han) - Han envoy whose mission kills Angui and uses his head as deterrent theater.
• 楼兰 / Loulan Kingdom (Western Han) - polity Angui rules before the Han-backed succession change.
• 魏屠耆 / Wei Tuqi (Western Han Loulan-Shanshan) - hostage successor installed after Angui’s death.
• 匈奴 / Xiongnu - rival power with which Angui is accused of cooperating.
• 强制边疆震慑 / Coercive Frontier Deterrence - concept illustrated by the public use of Angui’s death to shock Loulan and nearby states.