Qin and Han · Ruler and General

Zang Tu 臧荼

Zāng Tú

Attested BC 209 - BC 141

Passages
13
Chapters
6
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Zang Tu as a general, rebel, and ruler. This record brings together 13 passages from 6 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zang Tu 臧荼 Zāng Tú
Title King of Yan 燕王 Yan Wang
Title King of Yan 燕王
Title King of Yan 燕王 Yān Wáng
Given Tu
Personal name Zang Tu 臧荼 Zang Tu
Personal Zang Tu 臧荼

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Rebel
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 漢初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 209 · End: BC 141
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:051:s0015
  • Source Date: Text: 燕將臧荼 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 202
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:100:s0077
  • Source Date: Text: 燕王臧荼 · Western Year: BC 202
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:057:s0054
  • Source Date: Text: 臧荼…荼反 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 202
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:046:s0065, hanshu:046:s0067
  • Source Date: Text: 臧荼反 · Western Year: BC 202
    Explicit · shiji:100:s0079

Career and standing

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 1Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 1 · 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 2Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 2 · 3 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 46Volume 37: Ji Bu, Luan Bu and Tian Shu · 3 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 51Volume 42: Zhang, Zhou, Zhao, Ren and Shentu · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 57House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 100Biographies of Ji Bu and Luan Bu · 3 passages