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Bai Qi 白起

Attested BC 260

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Overview

The translated histories identify Bai Qi as a general. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Bai Qi 白起 Bai Qi
Personal name Bai Qi 白起 Bai Qi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 長平 · Western Year: BC 260
    Explicit · shiji:083:s0004

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: destroyed-Zhao-army-at-Changping · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長平 · Western Year: BC 260
    Explicit · shiji:083:s0004

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang · 1 passage