Overview
The translated histories identify Zhang Bu as a bandit, rebel, and warlord. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Zhang Bu | 张步 | Zhang Bu |
| Given name | Bu | 步 | |
| Surname | Zhang | 张 | |
| Personal name | Zhang Bu | 张步 | Zhang Bu |
| Personal name | Zhang Bu | 张步 | Zhāng Bù |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:093:s0203
- Sex: maleExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0013
Roles
- Bandit
- Rebel
- Warlord
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 五年中 · Western Year: AD 29Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0014
- Source Date: Text: 唐虞道赤眉、张步家居里落（无纪年） · Western Interval: Start: AD 23 · End: AD 32Derived · houhanshu:093:s0203
- Source Date: Text: 建武二年 · Western Year: AD 26Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0013
Career and standing
- Status: rebel-king · Action: proclaimedExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0014
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: defeated · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 五年中 · Western Year: AD 29Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0014
- Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: occupied-Qi · Place: Qi / 齐Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0013
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0013
- Kind: association · Other Person Id: Tang Yu (唐虞) · Statement: named, with the Red Eyebrows, as the company Tang Yu was said to have kept in his home hamlets · Provenance: Mode: reportExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0203
References in the histories
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