Person

Xiao He

d. 193 BCE · 3rd century BCE

Xiao He was the chancellor of Liu Bang, founder of the Han dynasty. He secured the Qin archives when the rebels took Xianyang, kept the armies supplied from Guanzhong and Sichuan during the war with Xiang Yu, and as first chancellor of the Han drafted its laws on Qin models.

Xiao He
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Kingdom of Han (206 BC)

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