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Han Anguo
Western Han statesman from Liang who rose to Imperial Counsellor under Emperor Wu; subject of the Biography of Han Changru.
In a council hall, a long table holds an unrolled map scroll, a brass-cornered chest and a brush pot, with tall-backed chairs around it and a bronze lamp at the left; a figure stands with their back turned on the balcony at the right, with palace roofs beyond.
Also known as Zi Changru · Han Changru
Han Anguo, courtesy name Changru, came from Cheng'an in Liang. As a counsellor to Prince Xiao of Liang he held the eastern frontier against Wu and Chu in the Rebellion of the Seven States and smoothed the prince's quarrels with Emperor Jing. Under Emperor Wu he became Grand Minister of Agriculture and, in 135 BCE, Imperial Counsellor, arguing for peace by marriage alliance with the Xiongnu; in the Mayi ambush of 133 BCE he served as Protector-General of the army. Later posted to Youbeiping, he fell into despair and died in 127 BCE. He is the subject of the Biography of Han Changru in the Records of the Grand Historian.
Life and times
Dates Birth unknown–127 BCE
- 133 BCEHan Ambush at Mayi Fails