Qin and Han · Tribal Leader

Zhizhi 郅支

Attested BC 36

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhizhi was a Tribal Leader.

Life and dates

Death

頭懸都街
Beheaded · Mode named-source-report Speaker Emperor Huan (桓帝)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 111

Attested activity

BC 36 前代
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 43, passage 111

Events and relationships

Head displayed in capital
Military · Defeated enemy · Mode named-source-report Speaker Emperor Huan (桓帝)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 111

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 43Volume 38: Biographies of Zhang, Fa, Teng, Feng, Du, Yang · 1 passage

前代陳湯、馮、傅之徒，以寡擊眾，郅支、夜郎、樓蘭之戎，頭懸都街，衛、霍北征，功列金石，是皆將軍所究覽也。 Chen Tang, Feng Fengshi, Fu Jiezi, and others defeated vast armies with small forces; barbarian heads from Zhizhi, Yelang, and Loulan hung in the marketplace; Wei Qing and Huo Qubing marched north and earned inscriptions on bronze—all examples you know well.