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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 荼 | |
| Personal name | Zang Tu | 臧荼 | Zang Tu |
| Personal | Zang Tu | 臧荼 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:057:s0054
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:002:s0095
Roles
- General
- Rebel
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 漢初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 209 · End: BC 141Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:051:s0015
- Source Date: Text: 燕將臧荼 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 202Explicit event contextual date · shiji:100:s0077
- Source Date: Text: 燕王臧荼 · Western Year: BC 202Explicit event contextual date · shiji:057:s0054
- Source Date: Text: 臧荼…荼反 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 202Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:046:s0065, hanshu:046:s0067
- Source Date: Text: 臧荼反 · Western Year: BC 202Explicit · shiji:100:s0079
Career and standing
- Title: King of Yan / 燕王 · Action: accededExplicit · hanshu:046:s0066
- Title: King of Yan / 燕王 · Action: heldExplicit · shiji:100:s0078
Events and relationships
- Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel · Action: rebelledExplicit · hanshu:046:s0067, shiji:100:s0079
- Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Luan Bu (欒布)Explicit · hanshu:046:s0065, hanshu:046:s0066
References in the histories
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