毋寡
大宛国王
毋寡(希臘語:Μαύης (Maúēs);塞語:Mauakes[1][2];意為「老虎」或「英雄」[3];?—前101年),西漢時代大宛的國王。
漢武帝時代毋寡為大宛國王,他在貴山城建都,大宛北和康居、南和大月氏相接,出產汗血馬。張騫通西域之後,漢武帝遣使持千金和金馬到大宛請購買汗血馬。毋寡以為漢朝絕遠,不肯交易,漢使出言不遜,毋寡殺死漢使,取其財物。漢武帝於是派遣貳師將軍李廣利率軍十餘萬伐大宛,連戰四年,大宛人恐懼,殺死毋寡,獻馬三千匹。漢朝立昧蔡為王。
注釋
編輯- ^ W. W. TARN. The Greeks In Bacteria And India (英語).
But somewhere about 80 B.c. they started northward from Abiria up the Indus to attack the Greek centres in the north, under a leader whose name in Greek was Maues or Mauakes, in Kharoshthi Moa or Moga (p. 4^6). The same name, Mauakes (Mu-ku’a), had been borne by the Saca king of Ferghana in loi b.c. (p. 308); if I am right in my belief that the Saca rulers of Ferghana at this time belonged to the Sai-wang...
- ^ K. Walton Dobbins. Vonones, Maues and Hermaios The Imperial Coinage of Mithradates II. East and West (Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente (IsIAO)). December 1980, 30: 31–53.
- ^ Harmatta 1999,第410頁.
參考文獻
編輯- 《史記》大宛列傳
- Harmatta, János. Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka Kingdoms. Harmatta, János; Puri, B. N.; Etemadi, G. F. (編). History of civilizations of Central Asia 2. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House. 1999. ISBN 978-8-120-81408-0.