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POLITICIAN

Zhao Tuo

230 BC - 137 BC

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Zhao Tuo (Chinese: 趙佗; pinyin: Zhào Tuó; Cantonese Jyutping: Ziu6 To4; Wade–Giles: Chao4 T‘o2) or 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 175,140 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Zhao Tuo is the 4,314th most popular politician (down from 4,229th in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from China (up from 334th in 2019) and the 206th 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 4,314 out of 15,577Before him are Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg, Yury Luzhkov, Allen Dulles, Isabella of Valois, Bayan I, and Armin Laschet. After him are Hor, Ordoño II of León, Antiochus XIII Asiaticus, Trisong Detsen, Agrippa Menenius Lanatus, and Judith of Habsburg.

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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 326 out of 1,392Before him are Huo Qubing (-140), Lady Zhen (183), Emperor An of Han (94), 12th Dalai Lama (1857), Huang Chao (801), and Taishi Ci (166). After him are Trisong Detsen (742), Duke Huan of Qi (-800), Bao Xishun (1951), Jia Xu (147), Yelü Chucai (1189), and Lu Ban (-507).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Zhao Tuo ranks 206Before him are Zhu Wen (852), Huo Qubing (-140), Emperor An of Han (94), 12th Dalai Lama (1857), Huang Chao (801), and Taishi Ci (166). After him are Trisong Detsen (742), Duke Huan of Qi (-800), Jia Xu (147), Yelü Chucai (1189), Duan Qirui (1865), and Zeng Guofan (1811).