Qin and Han · King of Cangwu

Zhao Guang 趙光

Zhào Guāng

Attested BC 113 - BC 111

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Guang as an aristocrat and ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhao Guang 趙光 Zhào Guāng
Title King of Cangwu 蒼梧王
Title Qin King of Cangwu 蒼梧秦王
Surname Zhao 趙
Personal name Zhao Guang 趙光 Zhào Guāng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Origins and identity

  • Label: same surname as King of Yue / 越王同姓
    Explicit · shiji:113:s0129

Career and standing

  • Label: enfeoffed as marquis / 得為侯 · Action: granted
    Explicit · shiji:113:s0130

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: submitted-to-Han
    Explicit · shiji:113:s0129

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 113Treatise on the Nanyue · 3 passages
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其相呂嘉年長矣，相三王，宗族官仕為長吏者七十餘人，男盡尚王女，女盡嫁王子兄弟宗室，及蒼梧秦王有連。 The chancellor, Lu Jia, was advanced in years. He had served as chancellor under three successive kings, and more than seventy members of his clan held senior offices. Every one of his sons had married a princess, and every one of his daughters had married a prince or a member of the royal clan. He was also linked by marriage to the Qin King of Cangwu.