Zhao Du (趙都) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhao Du was a scholar.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 923 to AD 926 莊宗同光
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 73, passage 33

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 73Volume 73 Book of Later Tang 49: Biographies 25: Mao Zhang, Nie Yu, Wen Tao, Duan Ning, Kong Qian, Li Ye · 1 passage

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鄭玨之再主禮闈也，與鄉人趙都俱赴鄉薦，都納賄於玨，人報翌日登第，嶼聞不捷，詬來人以嚇之，玨懼，俾俱成名。 When Zheng Jue again oversaw the civil examinations, Nie and his fellow townsman Zhao Du both sought provincial recommendation. Du paid Jue a bribe, and word spread that he would pass the next day. On learning he had failed, Nie cursed the messenger in a deliberate attempt to intimidate him. Frightened, Jue saw to it that both men passed.