Qin and Han · General

Zao

Zào

Attested BC 181 - BC 180

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Zao as an aristocrat and general. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zao Zào
Title Longlu Marquis Zao 隆慮侯灶
Title Marquis of Longlu 隆慮侯
Title Marquis of Longlü 隆慮侯
Personal name Zao Zào
Personal name Zao

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 七年…隆慮侯灶將兵擊之 · Western Year: BC 181
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:004:s0106
  • Source Date: Text: 高后時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 181 · End: BC 180
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:113:s0017, shiji:113:s0018

Career and standing

  • Title: Marquis of Longlü / 隆慮侯 · Action: held
    Explicit · shiji:113:s0017

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: campaign-against-nanyue · Other Person Id: Zhao Tuo (趙佗)
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: dispatched against Nanyue · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 七年 · Western Year: BC 181
    Explicit · hanshu:004:s0106

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 4Volume 3: Annals of Empress Lü Zhi · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 113Treatise on the Nanyue · 1 passage