Qin and Han · Official and Aristocrat

Zhao Qin 趙欽

Zhào Qīn

Attested BC 7 - BC 6

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhao Qin was an official and Aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 6 建平元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 12, passage 67
BC 7 綏和二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 12, passage 36

Family

Sibling of Empress Zhao (皇后)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · Book of Han 12, passage 36

Career and standing

Chamberlain and Gentleman of the Interior 侍中光祿大夫
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 12, passage 36
Marquis of Xincheng 新成侯
BC 7 綏和二年 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Han 12, passage 36
Banished
BC 6 建平元年 · Stripped to commoner · At Liaoxi 遼西
Directly stated · Book of Han 12, passage 67

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 12Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai · 2 passages

追諡滿父忠為平周懷侯，皇后父晏為孔鄉侯，皇太后弟侍中光祿大夫趙欽為新成侯。 He granted posthumous titles: Marquis Huai of Pingzhou to Man's father Zhong; Marquis Kongxiang to the Empress's father Yan; and Marquis Xincheng to the Empress Dowager's younger brother, Chamberlain Zhao Qin.

侍中騎都尉新成侯趙欽、成陽侯趙訢皆有罪，免為庶人，徙遼西。 Chamberlain Zhao Qin, Marquis of Xincheng, and Zhao Xin, Marquis of Chengyang, were both found guilty. They were stripped of their titles and banished as commoners to Liaoxi.