Fan Wuji
| Fan Wuji | |
|---|---|
| General of the Qin state | |
| Born | (unknown) |
| Died | 227 BC |
| Names | |
| Traditional Chinese | 樊於期 |
| Simplified Chinese | 樊于期 |
| Pinyin | Fán Wūjī |
| Wade–Giles | Fan Wu-chi |
Fan Wuji (died 227 BC), who lived during the Warring States period, was a Qin general who betrayed his state. He escaped to the state of Yan and later committed suicide to aid Jing Ke in the latter's assassination attempt on Ying Zheng, the king of Qin. He is portrayed by actor Lü Xiaohe in the 1998 film The Emperor and the Assassin and Wang Ya'nan in the 2004 television series Assassinator Jing Ke.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, May 05, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.