POLITICIAN

Zhao Tuo

230 BC - 137 BC

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Zhao Tuo (Chinese: 趙佗; pinyin: Zhào Tuó; Wade–Giles: Chao4 T‘o2), rendered as Triệu Đà in Vietnamese, was a Qin dynasty Chinese general and first emperor of Nanyue. He participated in the conquest of the Baiyue peoples of Guangdong, Guangxi and Northern Vietnam. After the fall of the Qin, he established the independent kingdom of Nanyue with its capital in Panyu (now Guangzhou) in 204 BCE. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhao Tuo has received more than 193,977 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Zhao Tuo is the 4,637th most popular politician (down from 4,303rd in 2019), the 355th most popular biography from China (down from 325th in 2019) and the 220th most popular Chinese Politician.

Zhao Tuo was the first emperor of the kingdom of Nanyue, a kingdom in what is now southern China. He was most famous for conquering the kingdom of Nan Yue and unifying it with the Han dynasty.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zhao Tuo ranks 4,637 out of 19,576Before him are Naresuan, Shapour Bakhtiar, Teófilo Braga, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Zeng Guofan, and Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After him are Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Rusa I, Gannicus, George Clinton, Emperor Bidatsu, and Lais of Corinth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 230 BC, Zhao Tuo ranks 2Before him is Artaxias I. After him are Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, Caecilius Statius, and Aemilia Tertia. Among people deceased in 137 BC, Zhao Tuo ranks 1

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhao Tuo ranks 355 out of 1,610Before him are Li Qiang (1959), Emperor Wu of Song (363), Jacques Mayol (1927), Han Gan (706), Zhou Youguang (1906), and Zeng Guofan (1811). After him are Gu Kaizhi (345), Jangsu of Goguryeo (394), Lu Yu (733), Gao Shun (200), Emperor Shun of Han (115), and Gegeen Khan (1302).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Zhao Tuo ranks 220Before him are Marquis of Haihun (-92), Huo Qubing (-140), Khutughtu Khan Kusala (1300), Li Qiang (1959), Emperor Wu of Song (363), and Zeng Guofan (1811). After him are Jangsu of Goguryeo (394), Emperor Shun of Han (115), Gegeen Khan (1302), Emperor Wenzong of Tang (809), Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814), and Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür (1304).