Qin and Han · Official and Aristocrat

Zhao Qin 趙欽

Zhào Qīn

Attested BC 7 - BC 6

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Qin as an aristocrat, courtier, and official. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhao Qin 趙欽 Zhào Qīn
Title Marquis of Xincheng 新成侯

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Courtier
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 建平元年 · Western Year: BC 6
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:012:s0067
  • Source Date: Text: 綏和二年 · Western Year: BC 7
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:012:s0036

Family

  • Sibling of Empress Zhao (皇后趙氏)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: uncertain

Career and standing

  • Label: Chamberlain and Gentleman of the Interior / 侍中光祿大夫 · Action: held
    Explicit · hanshu:012:s0036
  • Title: Marquis of Xincheng / 新成侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 綏和二年 · Western Year: BC 7
    Explicit · hanshu:012:s0036
  • Status: stripped-to-commoner · Action: banished · Place: Liaoxi / 遼西 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建平元年 · Western Year: BC 6
    Explicit · hanshu:012:s0067

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 12Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai · 2 passages