赵胡 / Zhao Hu (Nanyue)

Overview

赵胡 / Zhao Hu is presented as the second ruler of 南越 and the dynastic bridge between founder 赵佗 and 赵婴齐. The source uses his reported “Nanyue Wendi” seal to argue that external submission to Han did not eliminate imperial-style claims inside the kingdom.

Current Profile

Hanji 349-2 gives Zhao Hu a narrow but politically important role. He preserves Zhao Tuo’s “Nanyue Wudi” seal and reportedly commissions a “Nanyue Wendi” seal for himself. This makes royal symbolism cumulative across generations rather than a one-time reaction by the founder.

The episode does not supply Zhao Hu’s wider reign, policies, chronology, or independent relations with Han. His current profile is therefore limited to dynastic succession and the source’s claim that Nanyue maintained a double political register: royal submission outwardly and imperial privilege internally.

Key Characteristics

• Second Nanyue ruler in the succession presented by the episode.
• Preserver of Zhao Tuo’s imperial seal.
• Reported commissioner of a “Nanyue Wendi” seal for himself.
• Dynastic link between Zhao Tuo and Zhao Yingqi.
• Evidence in the source’s model of outward submission and internal imperial-style rule.

Evidence

• Seal continuity: Hanji 349-2 says Zhao Hu retains Zhao Tuo’s seal and creates a “Nanyue Wendi” seal.
• Succession role: Hanji 349-2 identifies him as Zhao Yingqi’s father and predecessor.

Qualifications

This profile is bounded to one short popular-history summary. The precise inscription, dating, use, and institutional meaning of the reported seals are not independently established here. The source does not provide Zhao Hu’s alternate name traditions, full biography, reign chronology, court structure, or direct voice.

What Changed

• Created a source-bounded profile for the second Nanyue ruler and the reported continuity of internal imperial symbolism.

Relationships

• 赵佗 - predecessor whose “Nanyue Wudi” seal Zhao Hu reportedly preserves.
• 赵婴齐 - son and successor who later conceals the inherited seals.
• 南越 - kingdom in which Zhao Hu reportedly exercises imperial-style privilege.
• 名义臣服与地方实权并存 - political pattern illustrated by his internal seal and external royal status.