Zuo Shuzhang (左庶长, Chief of the Multitude on the Left) was a rank in the bureaucracy and nobility of ancient China. During the Warring States period it denoted a high rank in the State of Qin.[1] During the Han Dynasty it denoted the tenth of twenty orders of aristocratic rank.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Weichao Yu (1997). A Journey Into China's Antiquity: Warring States Period, Qin Dynasty, The Western and Eastern Han Dynasties, Three Kingdoms through Western and Eastern Jin to Northern and Southern Dynasties. Morning Glory Publishers. ISBN 9787505404830.
  2. ↑ Hardy, Grant; Kinney, Anne (2005). The Establishment Of The Han Empire And Imperial China. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 89. ISBN 9780313325885. Zuo ShuZhang.


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