Ancient China · Courtier

Chunyu Kun 淳于髡

Attested BC 356 - BC 320

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chunyu Kun was a Courtier.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 356 to BC 320 淳于髡仰天大笑，齊威王橫行
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 115

Places and affiliations

Polity Qi 齊 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 115

Events and relationships

Threw back head and laughed to heaven
Court · Actor · With King Wei of Qi (齊威王) · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Grand Historian (太史公)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 115
Relation Courtier of · Person King Wei of Qi (齊威王)
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 115

Assessments and attributes

Assessment magnificent-in-his-way · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Grand Historian (太史公)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 118

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 115

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 126Biographies of Jesters · 1 passage

太史公曰：淳于髡仰天大笑，齊威王橫行。 The Grand Historian remarks: Chunyu Kun threw back his head and laughed to the heavens, and King Wei of Qi marched unchallenged across the land.