吴阳 / Wu Yang (Yue marquis)

Overview

吴阳 / Wu Yang is the Yue marquis whom Hanji 356-2 presents as defecting from 余善 to the Han side with seven hundred followers.

Current Profile

Wu Yang’s durable role is that of an early internal defector during the 东越 campaign. His move does not by itself end the war, but it demonstrates that Han pressure has begun to separate local elites and followers from Yu Shan before Ao and Jugu carry out the final killing and surrender.

Key Characteristics

• Yue local elite or marquis in the Dongyue campaign.
• Leader said to bring seven hundred followers to the Han side.
• Early signal of political fracture around Yu Shan.

Evidence

• Defection: Hanji 356-2 reports his move against Yu Shan with seven hundred people.
• Campaign meaning: Hanji 356-2 places the defection immediately before the internal killing and general surrender sequence.
• Reward environment: Hanji 356-2 says defectors and campaign participants receive titles afterward.

Qualifications

The supplied transcript renders the identity as “眼猴无阳.” This page cautiously normalizes it to 越衍侯吴阳, but the title, spelling, troop action, reward, and private motive require verification against a reliable text. The episode does not provide a broader biography.

What Changed

• Created a source-bounded profile for the seven-hundred-person defection.

Relationships

• 余善 - ruler from whom Wu Yang defects.
• 东越 - polity whose internal cohesion the defection weakens.
• 汉武帝 - opposing ruler whose military and reward system receives the defection.
• 建成侯敖 - later insider in the same collapse sequence.
• 繇王居股 - later royal defector in the same collapse sequence.