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Zhao Mo was a grandson of Zhao Tuo (who had outlived his sons).
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lieutenant included parts of southern China, as well as northern Vietnam. His capital was Panyu, modern Guangzhou. The culture of the kingdom encouraged assimilation between the native Yue and immigrant Chinese.
(In traditional history, his political weakness is treated as a reflection of personal moral failing) His rule began in 137 British Columbia and ended with his death in 122 British Columbia. In Chinese history, Nanyue is considered to be a Chinese kingdom.
But in Vietnam, he is considered to be a ruler of the Triệu Dynasty and a king of Vietnam. Records from this period were written in classical Chinese and are transliterated, typically into either pinyin (romanized Chinese) or into alphabetical Vietnamese.
The given name 趙眜 transliterates as Zhao Mo in pinyin, but as Triệu Mạt in Vietnamese. Zhao/Triệu is a family name, so Zhao Mo"s dynasty is referred to as the Triệu Dynasty.
His temple name described him as the "literary emperor." (Chinese: 趙文帝.
Pinyin: Zhào Wén Dì. Vietnamese: Triệu Văn Đế). Zhao"s name was recorded as Zhao Hu in the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian.
The name of Zhao Mo did not arise until the discovery of two jade seals belonging to the emperor that bore the name of Zhao Mo but not Zhao Hu.
"Zhao Hu" may have been an error made by Sima Qian when he was writing his Records. There is also a theory that Zhao Mo and Zhao Hu were two separate rulers, and that Zhao Mo"s reign was excluded from historical records because of its brief duration. The tomb of Wen was discovered in 1983, 20 meters under Elephant Hill in Guangzhou on a construction site for a hotel, and has been excavated.
The tomb measures 11 meters long and 12 meters wide.
lieutenant is divided in seven parts, with a front chamber, east and west wing rooms, the main coffin chamber, east and west side rooms, and a back storage chamber. The tomb has yielded more than 1000 burial artifacts, and a chariot, gold and silver vessels, musical instruments, and human sacrifices were found (15 courtiers were buried alive with him to serve him in death).
lieutenant is also the only tomb of the early Western Han Dynasty that has murals on its walls. The tomb also yielded the oldest imperial seal discovered in a Chinese tomb: the seal, with the name "Zhao Mo", declared the royal corpse to be “Emperor Wen", indicating that he considered himself equal in rank to the Han ruler.
There were artifacts that were found in which belonged to the Đông Sơn culture of northern Vietnam.
The Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, located in Jiefang road in Guangzhou, stands on the site of the tomb of Zhao Missouri
