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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color: #cbe; color:inherit; font-size: 125%">Wushilu</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><i>Er Chanyu</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">Domain and influence of the Xiongnu</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 105–102 BC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Wuwei_Chanyu" title="Wuwei Chanyu">Wuwei Chanyu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Xulihu_Chanyu" class="mw-redirect" title="Xulihu Chanyu">Xulihu Chanyu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 126 BC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">102 BCE (aged 23–24)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Wuwei_Chanyu" title="Wuwei Chanyu">Wuwei Chanyu</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Er Chanyu</b> (<a href="Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">兒單于</span>; r. 105–102 BC), born <b>Wushilu</b> (<a href="Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">烏師廬</span>), was a <a href="Chanyu" title="Chanyu"><i>chanyu</i></a> of the <a href="Xiongnu_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Xiongnu Empire">Xiongnu Empire</a>. He succeeded his father <a href="Wuwei_Chanyu" title="Wuwei Chanyu">Wuwei Chanyu</a> in 105 BC and died from an illness in 102 BC. Er Chanyu was succeeded by his uncle, <a href="Xulihu_Chanyu" class="mw-redirect" title="Xulihu Chanyu">Xulihu Chanyu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELoewe200089_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELoewe200089-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In mid 103 BC, Zhao Ponu attacked the Xiongnu with 20,000 cavalry, but was surrounded and captured. The Xiongnu tried to take a Han stronghold after the victory but failed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhiting2002164_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhiting2002164-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELoewe200089-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELoewe200089_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLoewe2000">Loewe 2000</a>, p. 89.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhiting2002164-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhiting2002164_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWhiting2002">Whiting 2002</a>, p. 164.</span>
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</style><cite id="CITEREFChang2007" class="citation cs2">Chang, Chun-shu (2007), <i>The Rise of the Chinese Empire 1</i>, The University of Michigan Press</cite></li>
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