Qin and Han · Han Envoy

Zhuang Zhu 莊助

Zhuāng Zhù

Attested BC 140 - BC 122

Passages
8
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhuang Zhu as a diplomat, envoy, military officer, and official. This record brings together 8 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhuang Zhu 莊助 Zhuāng Zhù
Title Palace Grandee 中大夫
Personal name Zhu
Personal name Zhuang Zhu 莊助 Zhuāng Zhù

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Diplomat
  • Envoy
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 建元三年 · Western Year: BC 138
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:114:s0015, shiji:114:s0011
  • Source Date: Text: 武帝時期 · Western Interval: Start: BC 140 · End: BC 122
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:120:s0038
  • Source Date: Text: 閩越平後 · Western Interval: Start: BC 136 · End: BC 135
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:113:s0044

Career and standing

  • Label: Palace Grandee / 中大夫 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元三年 · Western Year: BC 138
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0015

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: legal · Role: executor · Action: executed-colonel · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元三年 · Western Year: BC 138
    Explicit · shiji:114:s0023
  • Kind: military · Role: envoy-commander · Action: mobilized-Kuaiji-troops · Place: Kuaiji / 會稽 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元三年 · Western Year: BC 138
  • Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Other Person Id: Zhao Hu (趙胡)
    Explicit · shiji:113:s0044

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 113Treatise on the Nanyue · 3 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 114Treatise on the Eastern Yue · 3 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 120Biographies of Ji and Zheng · 2 passages