赵过 / Zhao Guo (Western Han)

Overview

赵过 / Zhao Guo enters the wiki through Hanji 389-2 as the Western Han agricultural official whom 汉武帝 appoints as sousu duwei after the Luntai self-criticism policy turn. The episode uses him as evidence that Han Wudi’s late court began valuing practical livelihood talent after decades of war and extraction.

Current Profile

The source presents Zhao Guo as a farming specialist rather than a court faction actor. He understands cultivation, daitian-style methods, land-use technique, and toolmaking, then teaches those methods widely so common people can use less labor for better harvests.

In the episode’s synthesis, Zhao Guo is paired with 司马迁’s comment that the world is not short of talent; a ruler’s interests decide which talent is discovered and used. When Han Wudi wanted conquest, bold military figures appeared. When he turned toward recovery, Zhao Guo-like agricultural talent became visible and useful.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han agricultural official appointed as sousu duwei in the source’s post-Luntai recovery branch.
• Associated with practical cultivation technique, daitian methods, and farming tools.
• Teaches methods to common people, improving labor efficiency and harvest.
• Functions as an example of livelihood talent becoming valuable after a ruler’s policy preference changes.
• Serves the episode’s recovery argument rather than an independent full biography.

Evidence

Appointment:

• Hanji 389-2 says Han Wudi appoints Zhao Guo as sousu duwei after stopping harmful projects and turning toward popular rest.

Agricultural expertise:

• Hanji 389-2 says Zhao Guo is skilled in cultivation, daitian methods, agricultural technique, and tool manufacture.

Public benefit:

• Hanji 389-2 says Zhao Guo teaches these methods to many people, enabling greater harvest with less effort.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 389-2. It does not verify the full institutional history of sousu duwei, the technical content of daitian fa, regional spread, crop yields, tool types, or Zhao Guo’s broader career. The source uses him mainly as an emblem of post-war recovery talent.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 389-2’s account of Zhao Guo as agricultural recovery talent after the Luntai turn.

Relationships

• Emperor Wu of Han / 汉武帝 - ruler who appoints Zhao Guo after the policy turn.
• 轮台罪己诏政策转向 / Luntai Self-Criticism Policy Turn - recovery context in which Zhao Guo’s agricultural role becomes meaningful.
• Heavy Agriculture and Light Commerce Policy / 重农轻商政策 - broader state-priority frame around agriculture.
• 司马迁 / Sima Qian - commentator whose ruler-interest-and-talent observation frames Zhao Guo’s significance in the episode.