Qin and Han · General and frontier commander

Zhao Chongguo 趙充國

BC 137 - BC 52

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10
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10
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6

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Zhao Chongguo was a general and frontier commander.

IdentityHistorical · Male

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  1. Book of Han, Chapter 68 Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan 1 passage
  2. Book of Han, Chapter 70 Volume 60: Du Zhou 1 passage
  3. Book of Han, Chapter 85 Volume 74: Wei Xiang and Bing Ji 1 passage
  4. Book of Han, Chapter 89 Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi 1 passage
  5. Book of Han, Chapter 90 Volume 79: Feng Fengshi 1 passage

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Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 1 passage
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孝宣承統，纂修洪業，亦講論六藝，招選茂異，而蕭望之、梁丘賀、夏侯勝、韋玄成、嚴彭祖，尹更始以儒術進，劉向，王褒以文章顯，將相則張安世、趙充國、魏相、丙吉、於定國、杜延年，治民則黃霸、王成、龔遂、鄭弘、召信臣、韓延壽、尹翁歸、趙廣漢、嚴延年、張敞之屬，皆有功跡見述於世。 Emperor Xuan inherited the succession and carried forward the great enterprise. He too expounded the Six Arts and recruited outstanding men. Xiao Wangzhi, Liangqiu He, Xiahou Sheng, Wei Xuancheng, Yan Pengzu, and Yin Gengshi advanced through Confucian learning; Liu Xiang and Wang Bao gained distinction for their writing; among the generals and chancellors were Zhang Anshi, Zhao Chongguo, Wei Xiang, Bing Ji, Yu Dingguo, and Du Yannian; and among those who governed the people were Huang Ba, Wang Cheng, Gong Sui, Zheng Hong, Shao Xinchen, Han Yanshou, Yin Wengui, Zhao Guanghan, Yan Yannian, Zhang Chang, and others. All left achievements celebrated in their age.
Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 85Volume 74: Wei Xiang and Bing Ji · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 90Volume 79: Feng Fengshi · 1 passage
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Book of Jin, Chapter 117Volume 117 Records 17: Yao Xing Part One · 1 passage
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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 47Volume 47 Biographies 28: Wang Rong, Xie Tiao · 1 passage
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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 264Volume 264 Biographies 51: Hao Weine, Ren Kepu, Liu Hongru, Liu Jian, Zhang Tingshu · 1 passage
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu · 1 passage
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將相則張安世、趙充國、魏相、邴吉、于定國、杜延年，治民則黃霸、王成、龔遂、鄭弘、邵信臣、韓延壽、尹翁歸、趙廣漢之屬，皆有功跡見述於後。 Among the generals and chief ministers were Zhang Anshi, Zhao Chongguo, Wei Xiang, Bing Ji, Yu Dingguo, and Du Yannian. Among those skilled in governing the people were Huang Ba, Wang Cheng, Gong Sui, Zheng Hong, Shao Xinchen, Han Yanshou, Yin Wenggui, Zhao Guanghan, and others. All had notable achievements recorded in later accounts.
Book of Sui, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 18: Daxi Zhangru, Helou Zigan, Shi Wansui, Liu Fang · 1 passage
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子幹西涉青海，北臨玄塞，胡夷懾憚，烽候無警，亦有可稱．萬歲實懷智勇，善撫士卒，人皆樂死，師不疲勞．北卻匈奴，南平夷、獠，兵鋒所指，威驚絕域．論功仗氣，犯忤貴臣，偏聽生姦，死非其罪，人皆痛惜，有李廣之風焉．劉方號令無私，治軍嚴肅，克剪林邑，遂清南海，徼外百蠻，無思不服．凡此諸將，志烈過人，出當推轂之重，入受爪牙之寄，雖馬伏波之威行南裔，趙充國之聲動西羌，語事論功，各一時也． Zigan crossed the Qinghai westward and faced the dark northern passes; the tribes feared him and the beacons knew no alarm—this too deserves praise. Wansui truly had wisdom and courage, won his soldiers’ hearts, and every man gladly faced death; his armies never tired. In the north he drove back the Xiongnu; in the south he pacified the Yi and Liao; wherever his blades pointed, his might shook the farthest lands. When merit was debated he spoke with proud spirit, offended powerful ministers, partial listening bred treachery, and he died for a crime not his own—all mourned him, and he had something of Li Guang about him. Liu Fang’s orders were impartial; he governed the army with severity, cut down Linyi, and cleared the southern sea; the hundred tribes beyond the borders all wished to submit. All these generals had wills and valor beyond ordinary men: abroad they bore the weight of the realm’s defense, at home they were the emperor’s trusted claws and teeth. Though Ma Yuan, the General Who Pacifies the Waves, carried his might through the south and Zhao Chongguo’s fame shook the western Qiang, speaking of deeds and weighing merit, each was foremost in his time.