Ancient China · General and Ruler

Zhuang Qiao 莊蹻

Attested BC 339 - BC 329

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhuang Qiao as a general and ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhuang Qiao 莊蹻 Zhuang Qiao
Title King of Dian

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

Origins and identity

  • Label: descendant of King Zhuang of Chu / 楚莊王苗裔
    Explicit · shiji:116:s0011

Career and standing

  • Status: king · Action: assumed · Label: king of Dian / 王滇
    Explicit · shiji:116:s0013

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: proclaimed himself king of Dian after Qin blocked return route
    Explicit · shiji:116:s0013
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: subjugated lands west of Ba and Qianzhong · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 楚威王時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 339 · End: BC 329
    Explicit · shiji:116:s0010

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 116Treatise on the Southwestern Yi People · 3 passages