Qin and Han · King of Yueyao

Chou

Chǒu

Attested BC 135

Passages
4
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Chou as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Chou Chǒu
Personal name Chou Chǒu
Descriptive kinship grandson of Wuzhu 無諸孫
Title King of Yao 繇王
Title King of Yueyao 越繇王
Title Lord Yao 繇君

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Child of Wuzhu
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: parent · Object Role: child · Generation Distance: 1
  • Descendant of Wuzhu (亡諸)
    Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Child of Wuzhu

Career and standing

  • Title: King of Yueyao / 越繇王 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元六年 · Western Year: BC 135
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0042

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 114Treatise on the Eastern Yue · 4 passages