Is “Zhi Bo's skull was used by Zhao Xiangzi as a chamber pot (night stool).” true?
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The Records of the Grand Historian, Biographies of Assassins, records that Zhao Xiangzi 'lacquered his head and used it as a drinking vessel.' The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms, chapter 84, changed it to 'lacquered his skull and used it as a chamber pot,' intensifying the insult.
Zhi Bo
A powerful minister of Jin, defeated by the three families of Zhao, Wei, and Han, his skull was used as a vessel.
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