Zhao Kuo (趙括) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Kuo as a general. This record brings together 11 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhao Kuo	趙括	Zhao Kuo
Given	Kuo	括	Kuo
Given name	Kuo	括	Kuo
Title	Ma Fu Zi	馬服子	Mǎ Fú Zǐ
Epithet	Ma Fuzi	馬服子	Ma Fuzi
Personal name	Zhao Kuo	趙括	Zhao Kuo
Personal	Zhao Kuo		Zhào Kuò

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:090:s0003
Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:045:s0184
Value: male
Explicit · shiji:073:s0047

Roles

General

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed-in-battle · Place: Changping / 長平 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十四年 · Regnal Year: 14 · Western Year: BC 259 · Statement: Qin killed over four hundred thousand of Zhao Kuo's soldiers at Changping
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:045:s0184
Manner: shot and killed by Qin soldiers in battle · Place: Changping / 長平 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四十七年九月 · Western Year: BC 260
Explicit · shiji:073:s0058, shiji:073:s0061

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 十四年 · Regnal Year: 14 · Western Year: BC 259
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:045:s0184
Source Date: Text: 四十七年 · Western Year: BC 260
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:073:s0036, shiji:073:s0047
Source Date: Text: 四十七年九月 · Western Year: BC 260
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:073:s0058, shiji:073:s0061
Source Date: Text: 戰死於長平 · Western Year: BC 260
Explicit · hanshu:090:s0005

Career and standing

Label: Zhao general / 趙將 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四十七年 · Western Year: BC 260
Explicit · shiji:073:s0048

Places and affiliations

Label: Zhao / 趙 · Relation: served
Explicit · shiji:073:s0047
Polity: Zhao / 趙 · Relation: served
Explicit · shiji:045:s0184

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Action: commanded Zhao at Changping and was shot dead while attempting a breakout · Role: commander · Other Person Id: Bai Qi (白起) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四十七年 · Western Year: BC 260
Explicit · shiji:073:s0048, shiji:073:s0051, shiji:073:s0052, shiji:073:s0053, shiji:073:s0054, shiji:073:s0055, shiji:073:s0056, shiji:073:s0057, shiji:073:s0058, shiji:073:s0059, shiji:073:s0060, shiji:073:s0061
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-and-troops-slaughtered · Place: Changping / 長平 · Counterpart: Qin / 秦 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十四年 · Regnal Year: 14 · Western Year: BC 259
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:045:s0184