Lü Jia (Nanyue)
Prime minister of Nanyue / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Lữ. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name.
For other people with similar names, see Lu Jia.
Lü Jia (Chinese: 呂嘉; Wade–Giles: Lü Chia; Jyutping: Leoi5 Gaa1; died 111 BC), or Lữ Gia in Vietnamese, also called Bảo Công (保公),[1] was the prime minister of Nanyue (Nam Việt) during the reigns of its three last kings (Zhao Yingqi, Zhao Xing and Zhao Jiande). Lü overthrew and killed Zhao Xing and Queen Jiu of Nanyue. Eventually Lü was killed and defeated by Han forces.