Qin and Han · King of Cangwu

Zhao Guang 趙光

Zhào Guāng

Attested BC 113 - BC 111

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhao Guang was a king of Cangwu.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 113 to BC 111 元鼎前後
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 113, passages 72, 129

Origins and identity

same surname as King of Yue 越王同姓
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 113, passage 129

Career and standing

enfeoffed as marquis 得為侯
Granted
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 113, passage 130

Events and relationships

Submitted to Han
Political · Ruler
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 113, passage 129

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 113Treatise on the Nanyue · 3 passages

其相呂嘉年長矣，相三王，宗族官仕為長吏者七十餘人，男盡尚王女，女盡嫁王子兄弟宗室，及蒼梧秦王有連。 The chancellor, Lu Jia, was advanced in years. He had served as chancellor under three successive kings, and more than seventy members of his clan held senior offices. Every one of his sons had married a princess, and every one of his daughters had married a prince or a member of the royal clan. He was also linked by marriage to the Qin King of Cangwu.

遣人告蒼梧秦王及其諸郡縣，立明王長男越妻子術陽侯建德為王。 He sent word to the King of Cangwu and to all the commanderies and counties, and installed as the new king Jiande, the Marquis of Shuyang, who was King Ming's eldest son by a Yue wife.

蒼梧王趙光者，越王同姓，聞漢兵至，及越揭陽令定自定屬漢； Zhao Guang, the King of Cangwu, who was of the same clan as the King of Yue, submitted to the Han upon hearing of the army's approach. The Magistrate of Jieyang, a man named Ding, likewise submitted on his own initiative.