Lord of Pingyuan (平原君)

Overview

Lord of Pingyuan was an aristocrat and Strategist.

BC 180 呂太后崩
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 191
BC 195 to BC 188 孝惠帝
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passages 179-181, 187
BC 195 to BC 188 辟陽侯欲知平原君
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passages 164, 167-168

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Lord of Pingyuan 平原君
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 164
household was poor 家貧
Impoverished household
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 169

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passages 164, 176
At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Residence
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 164

BC 195 to BC 188 孝惠帝
Speech · Speaker · With Marquis of Biyang (辟陽侯) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 180
BC 195 to BC 188 孝惠帝
Speech · Speaker · With Hong Jiru (閎籍孺) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passages 181-186

Devised plans that preserved the marquis
BC 180 呂太后崩 · Political · Planner · With Marquis of Biyang (辟陽侯)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 191
Held funeral for mother
BC 195 to BC 188 辟陽侯欲知平原君 · Ritual · Mourner · With Mother of the Lord of Pingyuan (平原君母)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passages 168-169
Persuaded favorite to speak for marquis
BC 195 to BC 188 孝惠帝 · Political · Persuader · With Hong Jiru (閎籍孺)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passages 181, 187
Refused audience
BC 195 to BC 188 辟陽侯欲知平原君 · Social · Refuser · With Marquis of Biyang (辟陽侯)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 167
Refused to see while imprisoned
BC 195 to BC 188 孝惠帝 · Social · Refuser · With Marquis of Biyang (辟陽侯)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passages 180, 188

Assessment eloquent, articulate, incisive, incorruptible, upright, and straightforward · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 164
Assessment would not compromise for convenience or bend principles to win approval · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 165
BC 195 to BC 188 辟陽侯欲知平原君
Item five hundred gold pieces in total from marquises and nobles 凡五百金 · Relation Received
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 175