Overview
The translated histories identify Zhao Wu as an official, rebel, and statesman. This record brings together 7 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 | 趙午 | Zhao Wu |
| Title | Chancellor of Zhao | 趙相 | |
| Personal name | Zhao Wu | 趙午 | Zhao Wu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · hanshu:046:s0097
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:104:s0005
Roles
- Official
- Rebel
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: suicide by cutting throatExplicit · hanshu:041:s0185
- Manner: suicide / 自殺Explicit · shiji:104:s0015
Age
- Age: 60 · Reckoning: over sixty · Source Text: 年六十餘Explicit · hanshu:041:s0167
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 七年 · Western Year: BC 200Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:041:s0167
- Source Date: Text: 九年 · Western Year: BC 198Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:041:s0185
- Source Date: Text: 漢七年 · Western Year: BC 200Explicit event contextual date · shiji:104:s0007, shiji:104:s0005
- Source Date: Text: 趙午…謀弒上 · Western Interval: Start: BC 200 · End: BC 198Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:046:s0097, hanshu:046:s0099
Career and standing
- Label: Chancellor of Zhao / 趙相 · Action: heldExplicit · shiji:104:s0005
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · hanshu:041:s0168, shiji:104:s0008
Events and relationships
- Kind: conspiracy · Role: conspirator · Action: plotted-regicideExplicit · hanshu:046:s0099
- Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: proposed revolt and later joined plot against Gaozu · Other Person Id: Emperor Gaozu (高祖)Explicit · shiji:104:s0008, shiji:104:s0013
- Relation: former-retainer-of · Person Id: Zhang Er (張耳)Explicit · hanshu:041:s0167
References in the histories
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