Yizhixie

Yizhixie
Chanyu
Domain and influence of the Eastern Huns
Reignc. 126–114 BC
PredecessorJunchen Chanyu
SuccessorWuwei Chanyu
Died114 BC
FatherLaoshang Chanyu

Yizhixie (Chinese: 伊稚邪 < Late Old Chinese: *ʔi-ḍiᴴ-ja;[1] r. 126–114 BC) was the brother of Junchen Chanyu and his successor to the Xiongnu throne. Yizhixie ruled during a time of conflict with the southern Han dynasty under the military expansionist Emperor Wu of Han (r. 141–87 BC).

  1. ^ Schuessler, Axel (2014). "Phonological Notes on Hàn Period Transcriptions of Foreign Names and Words" (PDF). Studies in Chinese and Sino-Tibetan Linguistics: Dialect, Phonology, Transcription and Text. Language and Linguistics Monograph Series. Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica (53). p. 269