Qin and Han · King of Dai Enthroned as Emperor

King of Dai 代王

Dai Wang

Attested BC 180 - BC 180

Passages
4
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify King of Dai as a ruler. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal King of Dai 代王 Dai Wang
Title King of Dai 代王 Dài Wáng
Title Son of Heaven 天子 Tiānzǐ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Title: King of Dai / 代王 · Action: held
    Explicit · shiji:127:s0003
  • Role: emperor · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太后崩 · Western Year: BC 180
    Explicit · shiji:051:s0055

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: accession · Role: subject · Action: acceded-with-divination
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:127:s0003
  • Kind: political · Role: acceding-ruler · Action: enthroned-as-Son-of-Heaven · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太后崩 · Western Year: BC 180
    Explicit · shiji:051:s0055

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 51Houses of Jing and Yan · 3 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 127Biographies of Soothsayers · 1 passage