Qin and Han · General

Chai Wu 柴武

Attested BC 180 - BC 157

Passages
4
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Chai Wu as an aristocrat and general. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Chai Wu 柴武 Chai Wu
Personal name Chai Wu 柴武 Chai Wu
Personal Chai Wu 柴武 Chái Wǔ
Personal name Chai Wu 柴武 Chái Wǔ
Title Marquis of Jipu 棘蒲侯 Jípú hóu
Title Marquis of Jipu 棘蒲侯
Personal Wu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 文帝時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:101:s0025

Family

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Career and standing

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 2Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 2 · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 5Volume 4: Annals of Emperor Wen · 2 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 101Biographies of Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo · 1 passage