Qin and Han · Official and Diplomat

Sima Xiangru 司馬相如

Attested BC 135 - BC 130

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sima Xiangru was an official and Diplomat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 135 to BC 130 唐蒙、司馬相如始開西南夷
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 27, passage 395

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 395
At Ba and Shu 巴蜀 · Relation Campaigned in
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 395

Events and relationships

Opened southwestern tribes and cut roads
BC 135 to BC 130 唐蒙、司馬相如始開西南夷 · Military · Commander · With Tang Meng (唐蒙) · At Ba and Shu 巴蜀
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 395

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 27Volume 24b: Treatise on Trade 2 · 1 passage

唐蒙、司馬相如始開西南夷，鑿山通道千餘里，以廣巴蜀，巴蜀之民罷焉。 Tang Meng and Sima Xiangru launched southwestern expansion, cutting mountain passes over a thousand li into Ba and Shu, leaving those populations worn out.