Xue Zhao (薛釗) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xue Zhao was a Soldier.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Death

AD 947 to AD 951 漢初
Suicide by throat cutting
Directly stated · History of Song 482, passage 60

Attested activity

AD 947 to AD 951 晉初至自剄
Directly stated · History of Song 482, passages 57, 60

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Liu Ji'en (劉繼恩)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Song 482, passage 57
Spouse of Daughter of Liu Chong (劉崇女)
married 娶 · Marriage
Directly stated · History of Song 482, passage 57

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 482Volume 482 Biographies 241, Hereditary Houses 5: Liu Jiyuan of the Northern Han Liu Family (Father: Liu Jun; Elder Brother: Liu Ji'en; Appended: Wei Rong, Zhao Wendu, Li Yun, Ma Feng, Guo Wuwei) · 4 passages

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父釗，娶崇女，晉初為護聖營卒。 His father Xue Zhao married Chong's daughter and, in the early Jin years, served as a soldier in the Imperial Guard camp.

漢祖典禁兵，以釗崇婿，釋其籍，館門下。 When the Later Han founder took command of the palace guard, he freed Zhao from the rolls as Chong's son-in-law and housed him at his residence.

漢祖後領方鎮，爵位通顯，釗罕得見其妻，居常怏怏。 Later, as the Han founder rose to a frontier command and high rank, Zhao seldom saw his wife and brooded in resentment.

一日乘醉求見，即引佩刀刺妻，妻奮衣得脫，釗乃自剄。 One day he came drunk to demand an audience, drew his belt knife, and lunged at his wife; she tore free of her robe and fled, and Zhao cut his own throat.