Qin and Han · Marquis of Jiancheng

Ao 敖

Áo

Attested BC 110

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ao was a Marquis of Jiancheng.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 110 元封元年冬
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 114, passages 60, 66

Career and standing

Marquis of Kailing 開陵侯
BC 110 元封元年冬 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 114, passage 69

Events and relationships

Plotted to kill Yu Shan
BC 110 元封元年冬 · Political · Conspirator · With Yu Shan (餘善)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 114, passages 66-67

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 114Treatise on the Eastern Yue · 2 passages

從建成侯敖，與其率，從繇王居股謀曰：「餘善首惡，劫守吾屬。 He joined with the Marquis of Jiancheng, Ao, and his officers, and together with the King of Yao, Ju Gu, they plotted, saying: 'Yu Shan is the chief offender; he has coerced and detained us and our dependents.

封建成侯敖為開陵侯； The Marquis of Jiancheng, Ao, was made the Marquis of Kailing;