Qin and Han · Rebel and Bandit

Xu Zhao 许昭

Xǔ Zhāo

Attested AD 172

Passages
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Chapters
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Histories
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Overview

The translated histories identify Xu Zhao as a bandit, general, and rebel. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xu Zhao 许昭 Xǔ Zhāo
Given Zhao Zhāo

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Bandit
  • General
  • Rebel

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 熹平元年十一月 · Western Year: AD 172
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:113:s0086

Family

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  • Child of Xu Sheng (许生)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

  • Status: self-styled great general · Action: claimed · Label: great general / 大将军

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 113Volume 102: Astronomy Part Three · 1 passage