Zhao Li (趙利) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Li as a general, military officer, and ruler. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhao Li	趙利	Zhao Li
Personal name	Zhao Li	趙利	Zhao Li
Personal	Zhao Li	趙利	Zhào Lì
Personal	Zhao Li	趙利

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:057:s0068

Roles

General
Military Officer
Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 擊韓信、陳豨、趙利軍 · Western Year: BC 196
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:057:s0068

Origins and identity

Text: 趙苗裔 · Desc: descendant of the Zhao line
Explicit · hanshu:042:s0142

Career and standing

Role: king · Unresolved: true
Explicit · hanshu:042:s0142

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 2Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 2 · 2 passages

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信亡走匈奴，與其將曼丘臣、王黃共立故趙後趙利為王，收信散兵，與匈奴共距漢。 Xin fled to the Xiongnu, and together with his generals Manqiu Chen and Wang Huang established Zhao Li, a descendant of the former Zhao, as king. They gathered Xin's scattered troops and, together with the Xiongnu, resisted Han.

豨將趙利守東垣，高祖攻之不下。 Xi's general Zhao Li defended Dongyuan. Gaozu attacked but could not take it.

Book of Han, Chapter 42Volume 33: Wei Bao, Tian Dan and Hán Xin (King of Han) · 1 passage

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與其將白土人曼丘臣、王黃立趙苗裔趙利為王，復收信散兵，而與信及冒頓謀攻漢。 Together with his generals Manqiu Chen of Baitu and Wang Huang, he established Zhao Li, a descendant of the Zhao line, as king, gathered Xin's scattered soldiers again, and plotted with Xin and Modu to attack Han.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 57House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang · 1 passage

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擊韓信、陳豨、趙利軍於樓煩，破之。 At Loufan, he engaged the combined forces of Han Xin, Chen Xi, and Zhao Li and defeated them.