豫让

豫讓

Yù Ràng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Yu Rang (5th century BC), retainer of Zhi Bo of Jin who twice tried to kill Zhao Xiangzi to avenge his lord

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

豫让是《史记》里的一位刺客。

Yù Ràng shì 《 Shǐjì 》 lǐ de yí wèi cìkè.

Yu Rang is one of the assassins in the Records of the Grand Historian.

HSK 7-9

为了替主人报仇，豫让用漆涂身，吞炭弄哑嗓子，让人认不出他。

Wèile tì zhǔrén bàochóu, Yù Ràng yòng qī tú shēn, tūn tàn nòngyǎ sǎngzi, ràng rén rènbuchū tā.

To avenge his lord, Yu Rang covered his body with lacquer and swallowed charcoal to ruin his voice, so that no one would recognise him.

Tips

culture

After his lord 智伯 was destroyed he vowed 士为知己者死，女为悦己者容: 'a man dies for the one who truly knows him, a woman makes herself beautiful for the one who delights in her'. Caught at last, he begged for 赵襄子's robe, struck it three times with his sword, and killed himself.

Stroke Order

豫 yù

让 ràng