Qin and Han · Landowner

Zhuo Wangsun 卓王孫

Zhuō Wángsūn

Attested BC 144 - BC 129

Passages: 11
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhuo Wangsun as an aristocrat, landowner, and merchant. This record brings together 11 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhuo Wangsun	卓王孫	Zhuō Wángsūn
Alternate name	Wangsun	王孫
Surname	Zhuo	卓
Personal name	Zhuo Wangsun	卓王孫	Zhuō Wángsūn
Personal name	Zhuo Wangsun	卓王孫	Zhuo Wangsun

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0012
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:067:s0028

Roles

Aristocrat
Landowner
Merchant

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 臨邛多富人，卓王孫 · Western Interval: Start: BC 144 · End: BC 140
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:066:s0009, hanshu:066:s0012
Source Date: Text: 至蜀…卓王孫 · Western Year: BC 129
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:067:s0028, hanshu:067:s0035

Family

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Parent of Zhuo Wenjun (卓文君)
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father · Line: paternal
Kin of Sima Xiangru (司馬相如)
Kinship Term: Zhuo clan by marriage / 卓氏 · Subject Role: son-in-law · Object Role: father-in-law

Kinship Role: sons · Count: 1
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0030
Kinship Role: brothers and elders · Note: 昆弟諸公 who remonstrated; count not stated · Quantity: plural unknown · Count: 2
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0030
Kinship Role: daughters · Count: 2
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0030
Kinship Role: sons · Count: 2
Strongly inferred · hanshu:067:s0029

Career and standing

Status: wealthy magnate · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0012

Places and affiliations

Place: Linqiang / 臨邛 · Relation: resided-in
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0012
Place: Linqiong / 臨邛 · Relation: resided-at
Explicit · hanshu:067:s0028

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0024

Events and relationships

Kind: gift · Role: giver · Action: gave dowry portion to Wenjun · Other Person Id: Zhuo Wenjun (卓文君)
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0033

Assessments and attributes

Item: eight hundred household retainers / 僮客八百人 · Relation: possessed
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0012

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 66Volume 57a: Sima Xiangru · 9 passages

臨邛多富人，卓王孫僮客八百人，程鄭亦數百人，乃相謂曰：「令有貴客，為具召之。 Linqiang swarmed with magnates. Zhuo Wangsun kept eight hundred household hands; Cheng Zheng commanded hundreds as well. They agreed: “The magistrate’s guest is a man of rank—we should lay a banquet and invite him.

令既至，卓氏客以百數，至日中請司馬長卿，長卿謝病不能臨。 When Wang Ji appeared, Zhuo’s hall held a hundred guests. At noon they sent for Sima Zhangqing; he pleaded illness and would not attend.

是時，卓王孫有女文君新寡，好音，故相如繆與令相重而以琴心挑之。 Zhuo Wangsun’s daughter Wenjun was newly widowed and loved music. Sima Xiangru therefore played up his friendship with the magistrate and, through what his qin implied, courted her.

及飲卓氏弄琴，文君竊從戶窺，心說而好之，恐不得當也。 During the feast at the Zhuo house, as he played, Wenjun stole a glance through a crack in the door—her heart leapt, yet she doubted she could ever be worthy of him.

卓王孫大怒曰：「女不材，我不忍殺，一錢不分也！」 Zhuo Wangsun raged, “My daughter has disgraced herself; I will not put her to death, but she shall not have a single coin from me!”

人或謂王孫，王孫終不聽。 Neighbors tried to reason with him; he refused to hear them out.

卓王孫恥之，為杜門不出。 Zhuo Wangsun found the spectacle mortifying and shut his gates, refusing to show his face.

昆弟諸公更謂王孫曰：「有一男兩女，所不足者非財也。 His brothers and kinsmen kept urging him: “You have a son and two daughters; you are not short of money.

卓王孫不得已，分與文君僮百人，錢百萬，及其嫁時衣被財物。 Zhuo Wangsun yielded at last: a hundred servants, a million cash, and her wedding trousseau went with her.

Book of Han, Chapter 67Volume 57b: Sima Xiangru · 2 passages

於是卓王孫、臨邛諸公皆因門下獻牛、酒以交歡。 Zhuo Wangsun and the leading families of Linqiong then sent cattle and wine through Xiangru's attendants to join the celebration.

卓王孫喟然而歎，自以得使女尚司馬長卿晚，乃厚分與其女財，與男等。 Zhuo Wangsun sighed that he had waited too long to gain Sima Changqing as a son-in-law; he now settled a lavish marriage portion on his daughter, equal to what he gave his sons.