Qin and Han · Tribal Leader

King of Gouting 鉤町王

Attested BC 74 - AD 23

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

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

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal King of Gouting 鉤町王
Title Gouting 鉤町
Title King of Gouting 鉤町王

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler
  • Tribal Leader

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 宣帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 49
    Explicit · hanshu:026:s0288
  • Source Date: Text: 莽乃...貶鉤町王為侯 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23
    Explicit · hanshu:026:s0289

Career and standing

  • Title: Marquis / 侯 · Action: demoted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 莽乃... · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23
    Explicit · hanshu:026:s0289
  • Title: King / 王 · Action: held
    Explicit · hanshu:026:s0288

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: aggressor · Action: invaded-borders
    Explicit · hanshu:026:s0290

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 26Volume 24a: Treatise on Trade 1 · 2 passages