Overview
The translated histories identify Zhao Yu as an envoy, judge, and official. This record brings together 23 passages from 6 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Zhao Yu | 趙禹 | Zhao Yu |
| Given | Yu | 禹 | Yǔ |
| Surname | Zhao | 趙 | Zhào |
| Personal name | Zhao Yu | 趙禹 | Zhao Yu |
| Personal | Zhao Yu | 趙禹 | Zhào Yǔ |
| Given | 禹 | Yu | |
| Surname | 趙 | Zhao |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · hanshu:068:s0258, hanshu:102:s0082
- Sex: male
Roles
- Envoy
- Judge
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: natural · Date Text: 後十餘年，以壽卒於家Explicit · hanshu:102:s0098
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 孝武時 · Western Year: BC 120Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:025:s0182
- Source Date: Text: 少府趙禹 · Western Interval: Start: BC 140 · End: BC 120Explicit event contextual date · shiji:104:s0093
- Source Date: Text: 漢…趙禹 · Western Year: BC 120Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:142:s0019
- Source Date: Text: 漢興六十餘載 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:068:s0254, hanshu:068:s0258
- Source Date: Text: 趙禹為御史 · Western Year: BC 120Explicit · hanshu:069:s0012
Career and standing
- Label: Privy Treasurer / 少府 · Action: heldExplicit · shiji:104:s0093
- Office: chamberlain for the palace revenues / 少府Explicit · hanshu:069:s0013
- Office: commandant of justice / 廷尉Explicit · hanshu:102:s0092
- Office: imperial clerk / 御史Explicit · hanshu:102:s0086
- Office: imperial envoy / 使Explicit · hanshu:069:s0100
- Office: Privy Treasurer / 少府Explicit · hanshu:102:s0093
- Office: Yan kingdom chancellor / 燕相Explicit · hanshu:102:s0097
Places and affiliations
- Label: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:068:s0258
- Polity: Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · qingshigao:142:s0019
- Polity: Han / 漢Explicit · hanshu:069:s0100
- Place: Tai / 斄Explicit · hanshu:102:s0082
Works and attributed material
- Work: the revised statutes and regulations / 諸律令 · Coauthor Person Id: Zhang Tang (張湯)Explicit · hanshu:069:s0012
Events and relationships
- Kind: legal codification · Role: legal official · Action: recruited to classify and fix laws and ordinancesExplicit · hanshu:025:s0182
- Kind: personnel · Role: examiner · Action: selected Tian Ren and Ren An among retainersExplicit · shiji:104:s0099
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: fixing statutes (定令) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:068:s0258
- Assessment: 深文慘刻 / twisted law into cruel severity · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · qingshigao:142:s0019
References in the histories
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