Han campaigns against Minyue

Han campaigns against Minyue
Part of the southward expansion of the Han dynasty

Map showing the expansion of Han dynasty in the 2nd century BC
Date138 BC, 135 BC, and 111 BC
Location
Minyue (modern Fujian)
Result

138 BC

135 BC

  • Minyue defeated and divided by the Han dynasty among the Minyue king and the Dongyue king

111 BC

  • Cultural assimilation and displacement of the Dongyue by the Han Empire
  • Eastern Ou annexed by the Han Empire
  • Han settlement and migration southward
  • Contact and establishment of commercial trade with various foreign kingdoms across Southeast Asia
Belligerents
Han dynasty Minyue
Commanders and leaders

138 BC
Zhuang Zhu
135 BC
Wang Hui
Han Anguo
111 BC

Han Yue
Yang Pu
Wang Wenshu
Two marquises of Yue

135 BC
Zou Ying
111 BC

Zou Yushan

The Han campaigns against Minyue were a series of three Han military campaigns dispatched against the Minyue state. The first campaign was in response to Minyue's invasion of Eastern Ou in 138 BC. In 135 BC, a second campaign was sent to intervene in a war between Minyue and Nanyue. After the campaign, the Han dynasty divided Minyue among the Minyue king Zou Chou (騶丑) and the Dongyue king Zou Yushan (騶餘善). In 111 BC, the rebellion instigated by Zou Yushan in the hope of self-governance was suppressed, prompting the Han dynasty's complete annexation of Dongyue into its dominion and the conquest of the residual territories that constituted the former Minyue, effectively consolidating the permanent integration of both domains into the Han empire indefinitely.