Overview
The translated histories identify King Zhao of Chu as a ruler. This record brings together 9 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | King Zhao of Chu | 楚昭王 | Chu Zhao Wang |
| Title | Chu Zhao | 楚昭 | Chu Zhao |
| Alternate | King Zhao | 昭王 | Zhao Wang |
| Title | King Zhao | 昭王 | Zhao wang |
| Posthumous | King Zhao of Chu | 楚昭王 | Chu Zhao Wang |
| Title | King Zhao of Chu | 楚昭王 | Chu Zhao wang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:119:s0050
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 楚昭王 · Western Interval: Start: BC 515 · End: BC 489Strongly inferred · shiji:119:s0050
- Source Date: Text: 楚昭王遭闔廬之禍 · Western Interval: Start: BC 515 · End: BC 489Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:025:s0089
Career and standing
- Explicit · shiji:119:s0058, shiji:119:s0061
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Chu / 楚 · Relation: ruledExplicit · hanshu:025:s0089, hanshu:025:s0095
- Place: Chu / 楚 · Relation: ruledExplicit · shiji:119:s0050
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true · Addressee: eldersExplicit · hanshu:025:s0090, hanshu:025:s0091
- Explicit · shiji:119:s0058
Events and relationships
- Kind: military-political · Role: exiled ruler · Action: lost his state after Helü’s attack, fled, received Qin aid, and returned · Other Person Id: Helü (闔廬)
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: reputation established through Shi She's choice to die after releasing his father · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)Explicit · shiji:119:s0080
- Assessment: worthy ruler whose followers remained loyal · Provenance: Mode: quoted-source · Speaker: eldersExplicit · hanshu:025:s0092, hanshu:025:s0093
References in the histories
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