Overview
Zhao Wu was a Zhao retainer and conspirator.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- Suicide by cutting throatDirectly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 185
- suicide 自殺Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 104, passage 15
Age
- 60Reckoning Over sixty · Source Text 年六十餘Directly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 167
- 六十餘BC 200 漢七年 · Quantity over sixtyDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 209
Attested activity
- BC 200 七年Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 41, passage 167
- BC 198 九年Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 41, passage 185
- BC 200 漢七年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 207, 209; Records of the Grand Historian 104, passages 5, 7
- BC 200 to BC 198 趙午…謀弒上Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 46, passages 97, 99
Key source chapters
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 104 Biography of Tian Shu 3 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 41 Volume 32: Zhang Er and Chen Yu 2 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 46 Volume 37: Ji Bu, Luan Bu and Tian Shu 2 passages
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 89 Biographies of Zhang Er and Chen Yu 2 passages
Career and standing
- Chancellor of Zhao 趙相HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 104, passage 5
Places and affiliations
- BC 200 漢七年Polity Zhao 趙 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 209
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Zhang Ao (張敖)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 210-212
- Speech · Speaker · With Zhang Ao (張敖)Directly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 168; Records of the Grand Historian 104, passage 8
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 216-219
Events and relationships
- Plotted regicideConspiracy · ConspiratorDirectly stated · Book of Han 46, passage 99
- Proposed revolt and later joined plot against GaozuDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 104, passages 8, 13
- Proposed killing GaozuDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 212
- Relation Served · Person Zhang Ao (張敖)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 209, 212
- Relation Former retainer of · Person Zhang Er (張耳)Directly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 167
- Relation Retainer of · Person Zhang Er (張耳)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 209
References in the histories
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