Qin and Han · Official

Zhao Zhou 趙周

Attested BC 209 - BC 112

Passages
3
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Zhou as an aristocrat, official, and statesman. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhao Zhou 趙周 Zhao Zhou
Title Marquis of Shangling 商陵侯
Personal name Zhao Zhou 趙周 Zhao Zhou
Personal name Zhao Zhou 趙周 Zhào Zhōu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 元鼎五年 · Western Year: BC 112
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0056
  • Source Date: Text: 其後…繼踵為丞相 · Western Year: BC 121
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:068:s0139, hanshu:068:s0140
  • Source Date: Text: 漢初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 209 · End: BC 141
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:051:s0139

Career and standing

  • Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: dismissed
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0056
  • Label: chancellor / 丞相 · Action: held
    Explicit · hanshu:068:s0140
  • Label: dismissed for sacrificial gold fault / 坐酎金免 · Action: punished
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0056

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 51Volume 42: Zhang, Zhou, Zhao, Ren and Shentu · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 55Volume 46: The Lords of Wan, Wei, Zhi, Zhou and Zhang · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 1 passage