Qin and Han · King and Rebel

King of Wu 吳王

Wu Wang

Attested BC 154 - BC 154

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

King of Wu was a king and Rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 154 to BC 154 七國之亂
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 19, passage 201
BC 154 與吳王合謀反
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 50, passage 14

Key source chapters

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 50 House of Prince Yuan of Chu 3 passages
Book of Chen, Chapter 19 Volume 19: Shen Jiong; Yu Li; Ma Shu 1 passage

Events and relationships

Fled
BC 154 吳王走 · Military · Rebel leader
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 50, passage 17

Assessments and attributes

Assessment led seven states into chaos; line should not continue · Mode speech Speaker Lady Dou (竇氏)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 50, passages 19-20

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 50, passage 14

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 19Volume 19: Shen Jiong; Yu Li; Ma Shu · 1 passage

夫以漢朝吳、楚，晉室穎、顒，連城數十，長戟百萬，拔本塞源，自圖家國，其有成功者乎？ As for Han's Wu and Chu, Jin's Ying and Yong—linked cities by the tens, long halberds by the million, uprooting root and blocking source to plot house and state—were there any who succeeded?

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 50House of Prince Yuan of Chu · 3 passages

春，戊與吳王合謀反，其相張尚、太傅趙夷吾諫，不聽。 In spring, King Wu of Chu joined the King of Wu in a conspiracy to rebel. His chancellor Zhang Shang and Grand Tutor Zhao Yiwu remonstrated with him, but he refused to listen.

漢絕吳楚糧道，士卒饑，吳王走，楚王戊自殺，軍遂降漢。 The Han forces cut off the supply lines of Wu and Chu. The soldiers starved. The King of Wu fled, and King Wu of Chu took his own life. The army then surrendered to Han.

竇太后曰：「吳王，老人也，宜為宗室順善。 Empress Dowager Dou said, "The King of Wu was an elder of the realm. He should have been a model of obedience and virtue among the imperial clan.