Qin and Han · Former Marquis and Advisor

Zhao Ping 召平

Attested BC 196

Passages: 8
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Ping as an aristocrat, farmer, named individual, and official. This record brings together 8 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhao Ping	召平	Zhao Ping
Title	Marquis of Dongling	東陵侯	Dongling Hou
Title	Marquis of Dongling	東陵侯
Given	Ping	平	Ping
Personal name	Shao Ping	召平	Shào Píng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:053:s0063

Roles

Aristocrat
Farmer
Named Individual
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Qualitative: Qin dynasty
Explicit · shiji:053:s0064
Source Date: Text: 漢十一年 · Western Year: BC 196
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:053:s0063, shiji:053:s0066, shiji:053:s0070

Career and standing

Title: Marquis of Dongling / 東陵侯 · Action: held
Explicit · shiji:053:s0064
Title: Marquis of Dongling / 東陵侯
Explicit · hanshu:048:s0077
Status: commoner · Action: became
Explicit · shiji:053:s0065

Places and affiliations

Polity Name: Qin / 秦
Explicit · hanshu:048:s0077
Place: east of Chang'an / 長安城東 · Relation: resided-at
Explicit · shiji:053:s0065

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Xiao He (蕭何) · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Zhao Ping (召平)
Explicit · shiji:053:s0066, shiji:053:s0067, shiji:053:s0068, shiji:053:s0069

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 4 passages

諸君皆賀，召平獨弔。 His colleagues offered congratulations; only Zhao Ping came to condole.

召平者，故秦東陵侯。 Zhao Ping was the former Marquis of Dongling under Qin.

秦破，為布衣，貧，種瓜長安城東，瓜美，故世謂「東陵瓜」，從召平始也。 After Qin’s fall he lived as a commoner in poverty, growing melons east of Chang’an so fine that people still speak of “Dongling melons,” after him.

平謂何曰：「禍自此始矣。 Zhao Ping told Xiao He, “Your troubles start here.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 53House of Chancellor Xiao · 4 passages

諸君皆賀，召平獨弔。 Everyone offered congratulations, but Shao Ping alone came to offer condolences.

召平者，故秦東陵侯。 Shao Ping had been the Marquis of Dongling under the Qin dynasty.

秦破，為布衣，貧，種瓜於長安城東，瓜美，故世俗謂之「東陵瓜」，從召平以為名也。 After Qin fell, he became a poor commoner and grew melons east of Chang'an. The melons were so fine that people called them 'Dongling melons' after his former title.

召平謂相國曰：「禍自此始矣。 Shao Ping said to the Prime Minister, 'This is where your troubles begin.