King of Wu (吳王) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify King of Wu as a ruler. 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

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	King of Wu	吳王	Wu Wang
Title	King of Wu	吳王	Wu Wang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

Ruler

Places and affiliations

Polity: Wu
Explicit · hanshu:058:s0412

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 58Volume 49: Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo · 2 passages

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上曰：「吳王即山鑄錢，煮海為鹽，誘天下豪桀，白頭舉事，此其計不百全，豈發乎？ "The king of Wu mints his own cash and boils the sea for salt; he has bought every adventurer in the empire and now moves with white hair—would he strike without a sure plan?

後十餘日，丞相青翟、中尉嘉、廷尉歐劾奏錯曰：「吳王反逆亡道，欲危宗廟，天下所當共誅。 A little more than ten days later, Chancellor Zhuang Qingdi, Commandant Jia of the Capital, and Minister of Justice Zhang Ou jointly impeached Chao Cuo, saying, "The King of Wu has rebelled in lawless defiance and seeks to endanger the ancestral temples. All under Heaven should join in executing him.