Zhao Tuo

Emperor Wu of Nanyue 南越武帝
Emperor of Nanyue
Statue of Zhao Tuo
Emperor of Nanyue
Reign	203–137 BC
Successor	Zhao Mo
Born	240 BC Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang
Died	137 BC (aged 103) Nanyue
Burial	Guangzhou
Posthumous name Emperor Wu 武帝 Chinese: 開天體道聖武神哲皇帝 Vietnamese: Khai Thiên Thể Đạo Thánh Vũ Thần Triết Hoàng Đế
House	Zhao (Triệu)
Dynasty	Nanyue
Father	Ren Ao (Nhâm Ngao)

Zhao Tuo/Triệu Đà
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	趙佗
Simplified Chinese	赵佗
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhào Tuó Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jiuh Tòh Jyutping Ziu6 To4 IPA [tsiw˨.tʰɔ˩]
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Triệu Đà
Chữ Hán	趙佗

Emperor Wu/Vũ Đế
Chinese name
Chinese	武帝
Literal meaning	The Martial Emperor
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wǔdì Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Móuh Dai Jyutping Mou5 Dai3
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Vũ Đế
Chữ Hán	武帝

Zhao Tuo (Chinese: 趙佗; pinyin: Zhào Tuó; Wade–Giles: Chao⁴ T‘o²; Jyutping: Ziu6 To4), 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.^[1] Some traditional Vietnamese history scholars considered him the founder of the Triệu dynasty while some contemporary historians contest that he was a foreign invader.^[2]