Qin and Han · Rebel

Wang Wu 王武

Attested BC 205 - BC 204

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Wang Wu was a rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 205 Han second year
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 48, passage 193
BC 205 to BC 204 擊反者王武
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 98, passage 31
BC 205 王武反
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 49

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 48 Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 54 House of Chancellor Cao 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 98 Biographies of Fu, Jin, and the Marquis of Kuaicheng 1 passage

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 1 passage

王武反於外黃，程處反於燕，往擊，盡破之。 Wang Wu rose at Waihuang and Cheng Chu at Yan; Cao Shen marched against them and crushed both revolts.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 54House of Chancellor Cao · 1 passage

王武反於［外］黃，程處反於燕，往擊，盡破之。 When Wang Wu revolted at Waihuang and Cheng Chu revolted at Yan, he marched against them and defeated them all.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 98Biographies of Fu, Jin, and the Marquis of Kuaicheng · 1 passage

漢軍敗還，保雍丘，去擊反者王武等。 When the Han army was defeated and fell back, he defended Yongqiu, then went to attack the rebel Wang Wu and his confederates.