Zhao Tuo
| Zhao Tuo Triệu Đà |
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| King of Nanyue (Nam Việt) | |||||
A statue of Emperor Zhao Tuo (Triệu Vũ Đế) in Xuân Quan communal temple, Văn Giang District, Hưng Yên Province, Vietnam
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| King of Nanyue | |||||
| Reign | 203–137 BC | ||||
| Successor | Zhao Mo (Triệu Mạt) | ||||
| Born | ca. 240 BC | ||||
| Died | 137 BC (aged 103) | ||||
| Burial | Guangzhou | ||||
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| House | Triệu dynasty | ||||
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| Emperor Wu 武帝 Chinese: 開天體道聖武神哲皇帝 Vietnamese: Khai Thiên Thể Đạo Thánh Vũ Thần Triết Hoàng Đế |
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| Vietnamese | Triệu Đà | ||||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhào Tuó |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Jiu⁶ Tō⁴ |
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| Chinese | 武帝 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | The Martial Emperor | ||||||||||
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| Vietnamese | Vũ Đế | ||||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Wudi |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Mou⁵-Dei³ |
Zhao Tuo, known in Vietnamese contexts as Trieu Da, was a Qin Chinese general who directed its conquest of the Baiyue peoples of Guangdong and North Vietnam before establishing the independent kingdom of Nanyue (Nam Viet). His forces established the city of Panyu (now Guangzhou) in 214 BC; it subsequently served as Nanyue's capital. In traditional Vietnamese history, he is considered an emperor of Vietnam and the founder of the Trieu dynasty, although some modern historians regard him as a foreign invader.
Zhao was born around 240 BC in Zhending in the state of Zhao (within modern Hebei). The kingdom of Zhao was defeated and annexed by Qin in 222 BC, whereupon Zhao Tuo joined it, serving as one of its generals in its conquest of the Baiyue lands to its south.
In 207 BC, Zhao Tuo defeated An Duong Vuong, king of Au Lac in north Vietnam. The next year, he annexed Au Lac into his province.
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