Gongsun Mei (公孫昧)

Overview

The translated histories identify Gongsun Mei as a diplomat and envoy. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Gongsun Mei	公孫昧	Gongsun Mei
Personal name	Gongsun Mei	公孫昧	Gongsun Mei

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:045:s0004

Roles

Diplomat
Envoy

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 楚圍雍氏 · Western Year: BC 300
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:045:s0128

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Gong Zhong (公仲)
Explicit · shiji:045:s0130, shiji:045:s0132, shiji:045:s0133, shiji:045:s0134, shiji:045:s0135, shiji:045:s0136, shiji:045:s0137, shiji:045:s0138, shiji:045:s0139, shiji:045:s0140, shiji:045:s0141, shiji:045:s0143, shiji:045:s0144, shiji:045:s0145

References in the histories

Open any source group to read the Chinese and English passage in context.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 45House of Han · 4 passages

Open chapter

秦未為發，使公孫昧入韓。 Qin had not yet dispatched troops, but sent Gongsun Mei to Han.

對曰：「秦王之言曰『請道南鄭、藍田，出兵於楚以待公』，殆不合矣。」 Gongsun Mei replied, "The King of Qin says he will march through Nanzheng and Lantian, deploy troops against Chu, and await your forces there—but I doubt this will come to pass."

對曰：「秦王必祖張儀之故智。 Gongsun Mei replied, "The King of Qin will surely follow the old stratagem of Zhang Yi.

曰：「公必先韓而後秦，先身而後張儀。 Gongsun Mei said, "You must put Han first and Qin second, your own interests before those of Zhang Yi.