Zhuang Jia (; died 208 BC) was a 3rd-century BC Chinese rebel involved in the
Dazexiang Uprising
The Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising (), August 209 B.C.– January 208 B.C., was the first uprising against the Qin dynasty following the death of Qin Shi Huang. Led by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, the uprising was unsuccessful.
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against the
Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty ( ) was the first Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China. It is named for its progenitor state of Qin, a fief of the confederal Zhou dynasty (256 BC). Beginning in 230 BC, the Qin under King Ying Zheng enga ...
. A charioteer, he assassinated the uprising's leader,
Chen Sheng
Chen Sheng (died January 208 BC), also known as Chen She ("She" being his courtesy name), posthumously known as King Yin, was the leader of the Dazexiang Uprising, the first rebellion against the Qin dynasty. It occurred during the reign of th ...
, in January 208 BC at Chen County. Zhuang was later killed by , a general under Chen Sheng, after Lü had occupied Chen County.
[(陈王故涓人将军吕臣为仓头军,起新阳,攻陈下之,杀庄贾...) ''Shiji'', vol.48]
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Ancient rebels
Qin dynasty rebels
3rd-century BC Chinese people
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