Overview
The translated histories identify Zhao Wu as an aristocrat, family member, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 5 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 Wu | 趙武 | Zhao Wu |
| Title | Duke Wu of Zhao | 趙武 | |
| Descriptive kinship | the orphan Zhao Wu | 趙孤之子武 | |
| Given | Wu | 武 | Wǔ |
| Surname | Zhao | 趙 | Zhào |
| Personal name | Zhao Wu | 趙武 | Zhao Wu |
| Personal name | Zhao Wu | 趙武 | Zhào Wǔ |
| Personal | Zhao Wu | 趙武 | Zhào Wǔ |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleExplicit · shiji:045:s0194
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Family Member
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: BC 570-541 · Western Interval: Start: BC 570 · End: BC 541Strongly inferred · houhanshu:032:s0112
- Source Date: Text: 春秋之世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 583 · End: BC 541Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0230
- Source Date: Text: 晉景公之三年 · Western Year: BC 597Explicit event contextual date · shiji:045:s0011
- Source Date: Text: 紹趙孤之子武 · Western Year: BC 583Explicit · shiji:045:s0194
Family
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- Descendant of Zhao Chengji (趙成季)Kinship Term: descendant / 後 · Line: paternal
- Child of Zhao Shuo (趙朔)Kinship Term: orphan / 孤 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Career and standing
- Status: orphan · Action: heldExplicit · shiji:045:s0194
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Jin / 晉 · Relation: underStrongly inferred · shiji:045:s0194
- Polity: Zhao / 趙 · Relation: member-ofExplicit · shiji:045:s0194
Events and relationships
- Explicit · shiji:045:s0194
- Relation: beneficiary-of-righteousness-of · Person Id: Cheng Ying (程嬰)Explicit · shiji:045:s0194
- Relation: beneficiary-of-righteousness-of · Person Id: Gongsun Chujiu (公孫杵臼)Explicit · shiji:045:s0194
- Relation: beneficiary-of · Person Id: Han Jue (韓厥)Explicit · shiji:045:s0194
References in the histories
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