Zang Tu (臧荼) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zang Tu was a general established as King of Yan during the fall of Qin.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 201 六年中
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 15-16
BC 202 定燕王臧荼
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 108
c. BC 202 漢
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 40, passage 10
BC 202 漢五年
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 93, passage 73
BC 209 to BC 141 漢初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 51, passage 15
BC 206 to BC 202 燕將臧荼
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 100, passage 77

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BC 202 燕王臧荼
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 57, passage 54
BC 206 to BC 202 臧荼…荼反
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 46, passages 65, 67
BC 202 臧荼反
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 100, passage 79

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yan (衍)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 93, passage 84

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Career and standing

King of Yan 燕王
c. BC 202 歷封 · Enfeoffed · At Yan 燕
Directly stated · History of Liao 40, passage 10
King of Yan 燕王
Acceded
Directly stated · Book of Han 46, passage 66
King of Yan 燕王
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 108; Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 15; Records of the Grand Historian 100, passage 78
Entered
Surrendered
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 93, passage 73

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Enfeoffed under
Directly stated · History of Liao 40, passage 10
Polity Yan 燕 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 108; Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 15
At Yan 燕國 · Relation Enfeoffed in
Directly stated · History of Liao 40, passage 10

Events and relationships

Attacked by
BC 201 六年中 · Military · Opponent · With Zhang Cang (張蒼)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 16
Attacked by
Military · Target · With Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 15
Rebelled
Rebellion · Rebel leader
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 15
Rebelled
Rebellion · Rebel
Directly stated · Book of Han 46, passage 67; Records of the Grand Historian 100, passage 79
Was pacified in a campaign in which Chen Ping served as Commandant Protector of the Army
BC 202 定燕王臧荼 · Military · Opponent · With Chen Ping (陳平)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 108
Relation Patron of · Person Luan Bu (欒布)
Directly stated · Book of Han 46, passages 65-66

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 15

References in the histories

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History

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

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燕將臧荼為燕王，都薊。 Yan general Zang Tu as King of Yan, capital at Ji.

秋八月，臧荼殺韓廣，并其地。 In the eighth month of autumn, Zang Tu killed Han Guang and took his territory.

Book of Han, Chapter 2Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 2 · 3 passages

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於是諸侯上疏曰：「楚王韓信、韓王信、淮南王英布、梁王彭越、故衡山王吳芮、趙王張敖、燕王臧荼昧死再拜言，大王陛下：先時秦為亡道，天下誅之。 So the feudal lords submitted a memorial: "Han Xin, King of Chu; Xin, King of Han; Ying Bu, King of Huainan; Peng Yue, King of Liang; Wu Rui, former King of Hengshan; Zhang Ao, King of Zhao; and Zang Tu, King of Yan, risking death, bow twice and say: Great King, Your Majesty, formerly Qin acted without the Way, and the world punished it.

秋七月，燕王臧荼反，上自將征之。 In the seventh month of autumn, King Yan Zang Tu rebelled. The emperor personally led troops to campaign against him.

九月，虜荼。 In the ninth month, he captured Tu.

Book of Han, Chapter 46Volume 37: Ji Bu, Luan Bu and Tian Shu · 3 passages

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為其主家報仇，燕將臧荼舉以為都尉。 He avenged his master's family on their enemies; the Yan general Zang Tu, impressed, appointed him a commandant.

荼為燕王，布為將。 When Zang Tu became king of Yan, Luan Bu served as his general.

及荼反，漢擊燕，虜布。 When Zang Tu rebelled, the Han attacked Yan and took Luan Bu prisoner.

Book of Han, Chapter 51Volume 42: Zhang, Zhou, Zhao, Ren and Shentu · 1 passage

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燕王臧荼反，蒼以代相從攻荼有功，封為北平侯，食邑千二百戶。 When Zang Tu, king of Yan, rose in rebellion, Zhang Cang accompanied the campaign in his capacity as chancellor of Dai, distinguished himself, and was enfeoffed as marquis of Beiping with twelve hundred households.

History of Liao, Chapter 40Volume 40 Treatises 10: Geography 4 · 1 passage

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漢為燕國，歷封臧荼、盧綰、劉建、劉澤、劉旦，嘗置涿郡廣陽國。 Under Han it became the State of Yan, held in turn by Zang Tu, Lu Wan, Liu Jian, Liu Ze, and Liu Dan, with Zhuo Commandery and Guangyang State established at intervals.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 56House of Chancellor Chen · 1 passage

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常以護軍中尉從定燕王臧荼。 Serving as Commandant Protector of the Army, he accompanied the campaign to pacify Zang Tu, King of Yan.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 57House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang · 1 passage

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以將軍從高帝反者燕王臧荼，破之易下。 As a general, he followed Emperor Gaozu against the rebel King of Yan, Zang Tu, and defeated him at Yi.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 93Biographies of Han Xin (King of Han) and Lu Wan · 3 passages

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七月還，從擊燕王臧荼，臧荼降。 In the seventh month he returned and joined the campaign against Zang Tu, the King of Yan. Zang Tu surrendered.

及虜臧荼，乃下詔諸將相列侯，擇群臣有功者以為燕王。 After Zang Tu's capture, the Emperor issued a decree to his generals, ministers, and marquises, directing them to select a meritorious minister to serve as King of Yan.

張勝至胡，故燕王臧茶子衍出亡在胡，見張勝曰：「公所以重於燕者，以習胡事也。 When Zhang Sheng reached the Xiongnu lands, Yan, the son of the former King of Yan Zang Tu, who had fled and was living among the Xiongnu, met him and said: 'The reason you are valued in Yan is that you understand the affairs of the northern peoples.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 96Biography of Chancellor Zhang · 2 passages

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燕王臧荼反，高祖往擊之。 When Zang Tu, the King of Yan, rose in rebellion, Emperor Gaozu personally led a campaign against him.

蒼以代相從攻臧荼有功，以六年中封為北平侯，食邑千二百戶。 For his meritorious service as Chancellor of Dai in the campaign against Zang Tu, he was enfeoffed in the middle of the sixth year as Marquis of Beiping, with a fief of twelve hundred households.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 100Biographies of Ji Bu and Luan Bu · 3 passages

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為其家主報仇，燕將臧荼舉以為都尉。 He avenged his master's death, and the Yan general Zang Tu, impressed, recommended him to the rank of District Commandant.

臧荼後為燕王，以布為將。 When Zang Tu later became King of Yan, he appointed Luan Bu as one of his generals.

及臧荼反，漢擊燕，虜布。 When Zang Tu rebelled, the Han forces attacked Yan and took Luan Bu prisoner.