Qin and Han · Aristocrat

Cao Zong

Died BC 91

Passages
4
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Cao Zong as an aristocrat, family member, and named individual. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Cao Zong Cao Zong
Given Zong Zōng
Personal Zong Zōng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Family Member
  • Named Individual

Life and dates

Death

  • Cause: implicated with Crown Prince and put to death · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 征和二年 · Western Year: BC 91
    Explicit · shiji:054:s0146

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 征和二年 · Western Year: BC 91
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:054:s0146
  • Source Date: Text: 生子宗 · Western Interval: Start: BC 125 · End: BC 109
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:054:s0143

Family

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  • Child of Xiang (襄)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Child of Elder Princess of Wei (衛長公主)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 54House of Chancellor Cao · 3 passages