Ancient China · Eunuch

Bo Diao 勃貂

Attested BC 650 - BC 600

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Bo Diao as an attendant, eunuch, and named individual. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Bo Diao 勃貂 Bo Diao
Personal name Bo Diao 勃貂

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Attendant
  • Eunuch
  • Named Individual

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: · Western Interval: Start: BC 650 · End: BC 628
    Strongly inferred · liaoshi:109:s0026
  • Source Date: Text: 晉之勃貂 · Western Interval: Start: BC 650 · End: BC 600

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: meritorious-attendant · Action: won-fame-in-Jin · Place: Jin / 晉
    Explicit · liaoshi:109:s0026

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: far inferior to Zhang Chengye as a model eunuch servant · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Assessment: loyal but acting outside proper eunuch office · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:109:s0026

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 72Volume 72 Book of Later Tang 48: Biographies 24: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan, Ma Shaohong, Meng Hangqiong · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 109Volume 109 Biographies 39: Music and Imperial Officials · 1 passage