15 Facts About Zu Yue

Zu Yue, courtesy name Shishao, was a Chinese military general and warlord of the Jin dynasty.

Zu Yue hailed from Qiuxian county, Fanyang commandery and was the younger brother of Zu Ti, who he had a friendly relationship with.

Zu Yue had a very jealous wife who was very suspicious of him to the point that Zu Yue feared her.

One night, Zu Yue was suddenly injured by someone, and he suspected that this was his wife's doing.

Zu Yue begged Sima Rui to allow him to resign but was rejected, so Zu instead abandoned his post.

Zu Yue failed to hold out and lost Xiangcheng, Chengfu and Chenliu as a result.

In 324, Zu Yue joined the loyalist side during Wang Dun's second insurrection against Jin after he was summoned to the capital by Emperor Ming.

Zu Yue drove out Wang's Administrator of Huainan Ren Tai at Shouyang.

Zu Yue saw himself as an independent warlord and wished to exercise his own authority over his holdings.

Zu Yue had hope that the new government would give him the privilege to hand out offices to his subordinates, much like his contemporaries, but this did not happen.

Zu Yue soon sent multiple petitions demanding for it, but they were either rejected or ignored.

In 326, Zu Yue was attacked by Later Zhao forces under Shi Cong at Shouchun.

Later, Zu Yue sent his generals Zu Huan and Huan Fu to attack Penkou.

The situation for Zu Yue continued to worsen as the loyalist Zhao Yin attacked his base the next year.

At the banquet, Zu Yue soon realized that he had fallen for Shi Le's ruse and drank heavily.