Overview
The translated histories identify Fan Li as a merchant, official, statesman, and strategist. This record brings together 15 passages from 12 chapters across 6 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Fan Li | 蠡 | Lǐ |
| Alternate name | Chiyi Zipi | 鴟夷子皮 | Chīyí Zǐpí |
| Personal | Fan Li | 蠡 | Li |
| Personal | Fan Li | 范蠡 | Fan Li |
| Personal name | Fan Li | 范蠡 | |
| Personal name | Fan Li | 范蠡 | Fàn Lǐ |
| Alternate name | Fan Li | 蕩蠡 | Dàng Lǐ |
| Personal name | Fan Li | 范蠡 | Fan Li |
| Personal | Fan Li | 范蠡 | Fàn Lǐ |
| Given | Li | 蠡 | |
| Personal name | Li | 蠡 | Li |
| Alternate name | Lord Zhu | 硃公 | Zhū Gōng |
| Personal | Tao Zhu | 陶朱 | Tao Zhu |
| Alternate name | Tao Zhu | 陶硃 | Táo Zhū |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:103:s0032, houhanshu:032:s0084, jinshu:108:s0121, jiuwudaishi:057:s0195, liangshu:052:s0009, shiji:104:s0136
- Sex: maleExplicit · liangshu:038:s0193
Roles
- Merchant
- Official
- Statesman
- Strategist
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: BC 494-473 · Western Interval: Start: BC 494 · End: BC 473Strongly inferred · houhanshu:032:s0084
- Source Date: Text: 其四事曰…范蠡滅吳之術 · Western Interval: Start: AD 542 · End: AD 547Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0190, liangshu:038:s0193
- Source Date: Text: 十九年之間三致千金 · Western Interval: Start: BC 473 · End: BC 454Explicit · hanshu:103:s0041
- Source Date: Text: 昔三仁去而殷虛… · Western Year: BC 500Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:099:s0069
- Source Date: Text: 昔粵王勾踐困於會稽之上，乃用蕩蠡、計然 · Western Year: BC 494Explicit · hanshu:103:s0032
- Source Date: Text: 漢世…范蠡 · Western Interval: Start: BC 494 · End: BC 473Explicit · liangshu:052:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 種蠡 · Western Interval: Start: BC 490 · End: BC 470Explicit event contextual date · jinshu:108:s0121
- Source Date: Text: 范蠡之去越 · Western Year: BC 473Explicit · shiji:104:s0136
- Source Date: Text: 范蠡去 · Western Year: BC 473Explicit · jiuwudaishi:057:s0195
Family
- Kinship Role: brothers · Note: poor friends and elder and younger brothers received gifts · Count: 2Explicit · hanshu:103:s0041
- Kinship Role: sons-and-grandsons · Count: 2Explicit · hanshu:103:s0042
Places and affiliations
- Place: Tao / 陶 · Relation: resided-atExplicit · hanshu:103:s0038, hanshu:103:s0039
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · hanshu:103:s0036, hanshu:103:s0037
Events and relationships
- Kind: commercial · Role: merchant · Action: amassed-fortune-thrice · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十九年之間 · Western Interval: Start: BC 473 · End: BC 454Explicit · hanshu:103:s0041
- Kind: historical-exemplar · Role: statesman · Action: credited with the method by which Yue destroyed Wu · Provenance: Mode: quoted-allusion · Speaker Person Id: He Chen (賀琛)Explicit · liangshu:038:s0193
- Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: left Yue and refused officeExplicit · shiji:104:s0136
- Relation: advisor-to · Person Id: Goujian (勾踐)Explicit · hanshu:103:s0032
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: name transmitted for ten thousand years · Provenance: Mode: commentator-judgmentExplicit · shiji:104:s0136
Source notes
- To: Chiyi Zipi / 鴟夷子皮 · Place: Qi / 齊Explicit · hanshu:103:s0038
- To: Lord Zhu / 硃公 · Place: Tao / 陶Explicit · hanshu:103:s0038
References in the histories
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