Qin and Han · General

Chai Wu 柴武

Attested BC 180 - BC 157

Passages: 4
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Chai Wu was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 180 to BC 157 文帝時
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 101, passage 25

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Heir of Chai Wu (柴武太子)
heir 太子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 101, passage 25

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Title En General-in-Chief · Title Zh 大將軍
Directly stated · Book of Han 5, passages 136, 299
Title En Marquis of Jipu · Title Zh 棘蒲侯
Directly stated · Book of Han 5, passage 136

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 2Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 2 · 1 passage

將軍柴武斬韓王信於參合。 General Chai Wu beheaded King Han Xin at Canhe.

Book of Han, Chapter 5Volume 4: Annals of Emperor Wen · 2 passages

群臣從至，上議曰：「丞相臣平、太尉臣勃、大將軍臣武、御史大夫臣蒼、宗正臣郢、朱虛侯臣章、東牟侯臣興居、典客臣揭再拜言大王足下：子弘等皆非孝惠皇帝子，不當奉宗廟。 The ministers followed and arrived. The court deliberated, saying: "Chancellor Chen Ping, Grand Commandant Zhou Bo, General-in-Chief Chai Wu, Grandee Secretary Zhang Cang, Director of the Imperial Clan Liu Ying, Marquis Zhu Xu Liu Zhang, Marquis Dong Mou Liu Xingju, and Court Receptionist Liu Jie bowed twice and addressed Your Majesty: Zi Hong and the others are not sons of Emperor Xiaohui and should not serve at the ancestral temple.

於是詔罷丞相兵，以棘蒲侯柴武為大將軍，將四將軍十萬眾擊之。 Thereupon, he ordered the chancellor's troops disbanded and appointed Marquis Jipu Chai Wu as Grand General to lead four generals and 100,000 troops against the rebels.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 101Biographies of Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo · 1 passage

及棘蒲侯柴武太子謀反事覺，治，連淮南王，淮南王徵，上因遷之蜀，轞車傳送。 When the plot of the heir of the Marquis of Jipu Chai Wu was uncovered and investigated, the trail led to the King of Huainan. The king was summoned, and the Emperor ordered him banished to Shu, to be transported in a prisoner's cart from station to station.