Overview
Chen Ping was a statesman and Strategist.
Life and dates
Death
- BC 187 to BC 180 以榮名終Ended his days with an honored nameStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 247
Attested activity
- BC 206 to BC 202 傾側擾攘楚魏之閒，卒歸高帝Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 245
- BC 187 to BC 180 呂后時Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 247
- BC 210 to BC 206 少時Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 243
- BC 206 to BC 195 常出奇計Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 246
- BC 210 to BC 206 方其割肉俎上之時Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 244
Career and standing
- chancellor 丞相Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passages 243, 247
- Chancellor 丞相HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passages 243, 247
- honored name 榮名ReceivedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 247
Places and affiliations
- Polity Chu 楚 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 245
- Polity Han 漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 245
- Polity Wei 魏 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 245
- At Chu 楚 · Relation Sojourned inDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 245
- At Wei 魏 · Relation Sojourned inDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 245
Learning and skills
- Subject arts of the Yellow Emperor and Laozi 黃帝、老子之術 · Relation StudiedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 243
- Belief teachings of the Yellow Emperor and Laozi 黃帝、老子之術 · Relation Adherent ofDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 243
- Skill extraordinary stratagems 奇計 · Level renownedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passages 246, 248
Events and relationships
- Carved meat at the village altar, already showing far reaching ambitionsRitual · ParticipantDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 244
- Devoted himself in youth to Huang Lao teachingsScholarly · StudentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 243
- Extricated himself amid perilous affairs, stabilized the ancestral temples, and ended with an honored nameBC 187 to BC 180 呂后時 · Political · ChancellorDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 247
- Produced extraordinary stratagems that rescued the state from entanglements and calamitiesPolitical · StrategistDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 246
- Shifted between Chu and Wei in turmoil, then joined GaozuDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 245
- Relation Served · Person Emperor Gaozu (高帝)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 245
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- Relation Served under · Person Empress Lu (呂后)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 247
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment a man of wisdom and cunning without whom these achievements would have been impossible · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Grand Historian (太史公)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 248
- Assessment already far-reaching in ambition while dividing sacrificial meat · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Grand Historian (太史公)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 244
- Assessment began well and ended well · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Grand Historian (太史公)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 247
- worthy chancellor 賢相Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 247
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 243
References in the histories
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