Qin and Han · Armed Clan Leader

Zhao Gang 赵纲

Attested AD 25 - AD 57

Passages
4
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Gang as a clan leader and rebel. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhao Gang 赵纲 Zhao Gang

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Clan Leader
  • Rebel

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: AD 25-57 · Western Interval: Start: AD 25 · End: AD 57
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:085:s0088

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: armed-fortification · Role: clan leader · Action: built a stockade, armed followers, and terrorized the region

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 85Volume 77: Biographies of Cruel Officials · 4 passages