Overview
Cao Zong was a Marquis of Pingyang sentenced to penal labor.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- BC 91 征和二年Cause Implicated with Crown Prince and put to deathDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 146
Attested activity
- c. BC 115 to c. BC 90 late Emperor Wu eraStrongly inferred · Book of Han 48, passage 255
- BC 91 征和二年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 146
- BC 125 to BC 109 生子宗Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 143
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Cao Xiang (曹襄)son 子Directly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 255
- Child of Xiang (襄)son 子Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 143
- Child of Elder Princess of Wei (衛長公主)son 子Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 143
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Marquis of Pingyang 平陽侯SucceededDirectly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 255
- SufferedMarquisate abolishedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 146
- Executed for implicationDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 146
- SentencedSentence penal labor building walls · Mutilation Spared trueDirectly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 255
Events and relationships
- Was sentenced to penal labor building walls while spared mutilationLegal · ConvictDirectly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 255
References in the histories
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