Li Si (李斯) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Si as an official, statesman, student, and teacher. This record brings together 21 passages from 12 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Li Si	李斯	Li Si
Title	Chancellor	相	xiang
Personal name	Li Si	李斯	Li Si
Personal name	Li Si	李斯	Lǐ Sī
Given	Si	斯	Si
Surname		斯	Si

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · beiqishu:033:s0157, houhanshu:032:s0123, houhanshu:108:s0135, shiji:063:s0056
Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:053:s0088, shiji:084:s0132, shiji:088:s0034
Value: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:074:s0085

Roles

Official
Statesman
Student
Teacher

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: BC 246-208 · Western Interval: Start: BC 246 · End: BC 208
Strongly inferred · houhanshu:032:s0123
Source Date: Text: 始皇三十七年 · Western Year: BC 210
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:088:s0034
Source Date: Text: 建武三十二年二月 · Western Year: AD 56
Explicit · houhanshu:108:s0135, houhanshu:108:s0101
Source Date: Text: 李斯 · Western Interval: Start: BC 280 · End: BC 208
Explicit · shiji:084:s0132
Source Date: Text: 李斯使人遺非藥 · Western Year: BC 233
Explicit · shiji:063:s0137
Western Interval: Start: BC 247 · End: BC 208 · Source Date: Text: 李斯嘗為弟子，已而相秦。
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:074:s0085
Source Date: Text: 秦始皇時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 246 · End: BC 208
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:033:s0157
Source Date: Text: 秦時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 221 · End: BC 208
Explicit · shiji:053:s0088
Source Date: Text: 與李斯俱事荀卿 · Western Interval: Start: BC 280 · End: BC 250
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:063:s0056

Career and standing

Label: chancellor of Qin / 相秦 · Action: held
Explicit · shiji:074:s0085
Label: Chancellor of Qin / 相秦 · Action: held
Explicit · shiji:053:s0088
Label: Chancellor of Qin / 秦相 · Action: held
Explicit · houhanshu:108:s0135
Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: held
Explicit · shiji:088:s0034
Office: chancellor / 相
Explicit · hanshu:048:s0102
Title: appointed by Qin / 秦之任李斯
Explicit · hanshu:076:s0276

Places and affiliations

Name: Qin / 秦
Explicit · hanshu:076:s0276
Polity: Qin · Unresolved: true
Explicit · hanshu:117:s0243
Polity: Qin / 秦 · Relation: served
Explicit · houhanshu:108:s0135, shiji:074:s0085, shiji:088:s0034

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: King of Qin (秦王)
Explicit · shiji:063:s0129, shiji:063:s0133, shiji:063:s0134, shiji:063:s0135

Events and relationships

Kind: cultural · Role: agent · Action: burned-classics · Work: Odes and Documents / 詩、書
Explicit · houhanshu:108:s0135
Kind: political · Role: agent · Action: burned-odes-and-documents · Provenance: Mode: quotation
Explicit · houhanshu:108:s0135
Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: conspired · Other Person Id: Zhao Gao (趙高) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 始皇三十七年 · Western Year: BC 210
Explicit · shiji:088:s0036
Kind: assassination · Role: instigator · Action: sent-poison · Other Person Id: Han Fei (韓非)
Explicit · shiji:063:s0137
Kind: political · Role: slanderer · Action: slandered · Other Person Id: Han Fei (韓非)
Explicit · shiji:063:s0133
Relation: served · Person Id: Qin Shihuang (秦始皇帝)
Explicit · shiji:053:s0088
Type: served · Person Id: Qin Shihuang (秦始皇帝)
Explicit · hanshu:048:s0102, hanshu:074:s0251
Relation: student-of · Person Id: Xunzi (孫卿)
Explicit · shiji:063:s0056, shiji:074:s0085
Type: served · Related Person Id: Qin Shihuang (秦始皇帝)
Explicit · hanshu:117:s0243

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: considered himself inferior to Han Fei · Other Person Id: Han Fei (韓非) · Provenance: Mode: self-report · Source Person Id: Li Si (李斯)
Explicit · shiji:063:s0056