Lord Pingyuan (平原君)

Overview

The translated histories identify Lord Pingyuan as an aristocrat, courtier, named individual, and royal family member. This record brings together 38 passages from 9 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Lord Pingyuan	平原君	Pingyuan Jun
Title	Lord of Pingyuan	平原君	Píngyuán Jūn
Title	Lord Pingyuan	平原	Pingyuan
Title	Lord Pingyuan	平原	Píngyuán
Title	Lord Pingyuan	平原君	Pingyuan Jun
Title	Lord Pingyuan	平原君	Pingyuanjun
Title	Lord Pingyuan	平原君	Píngyuán Jūn
Given	Sheng	勝	Shèng
Given	Sheng	勝	Sheng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:048:s0168, shiji:077:s0041, shiji:078:s0106, shiji:085:s0056
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:083:s0012, shiji:124:s0022
Value: male
Explicit · shiji:073:s0030
Value: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:074:s0036

Roles

Aristocrat
Courtier
Named Individual
Royal Family Member
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 戰國時期 · Western Year: c. BC 260
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:048:s0168
Source Date: Text: 昭王四十五年 · Western Year: BC 262
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:073:s0022, shiji:073:s0030
Source Date: Text: 莊襄王元年 · Western Year: BC 249
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:085:s0052, shiji:085:s0056
Source Date: Text: 趙孝成王時秦圍邯鄲 · Western Interval: Start: BC 259 · End: BC 257
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:083:s0007, shiji:083:s0010, shiji:083:s0011
Source Date: Text: 趙有平原君 · Western Interval: Start: BC 262 · End: BC 251
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:078:s0106, shiji:078:s0112
Source Date: Text: 近世延陵、孟嘗、春申、平原、信陵 · Western Interval: Start: BC 300 · End: BC 220
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:124:s0022
Source Date: Text: 適趙，平原君 · Western Interval: Start: BC 300 · End: BC 251
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:074:s0036
Source Date: Text: 魏安釐王二十年 · Western Year: BC 257
Explicit · shiji:077:s0040, shiji:077:s0041

Family

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Spouse of Elder sister of Lord Xinling (公子姊)
Kinship Term: wife / 夫人 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: active
Sibling of King Huiwen of Zhao (趙惠文)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother

Career and standing

Title: Lord Pingyuan / 平原君 · Action: held
Explicit · shiji:073:s0030
Status: royal-kin · Label: relied on kinship with royalty / 因王者親屬
Explicit · shiji:124:s0022

Places and affiliations

Label: Zhao / 趙 · Relation: served
Explicit · shiji:073:s0030
Polity: Zhao · Relation: served
Explicit · shiji:077:s0041
Polity: Zhao / 趙 · Relation: of
Explicit · shiji:085:s0056
Polity: Zhao / 趙 · Relation: served
Explicit · shiji:074:s0036

Works and attributed material

Kind: letter-reproach · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Prince Wuji of Wei (魏公子無忌)
Explicit · shiji:077:s0045, shiji:077:s0046, shiji:077:s0047
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Elder sister of Lord Xinling (公子姊)
Explicit · shiji:077:s0117
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Topic: counsel in favor of accepting Shangdang · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Speaker Person Id: Lord Pingyuan (平原君)
Explicit · shiji:073:s0033

Events and relationships

Kind: alliance · Role: lord · Action: led the anti-Qin alliances of the feudal states
Explicit · shiji:048:s0168, shiji:048:s0169
Kind: diplomatic · Role: host · Action: sidestepped and swept mat in deference · Other Person Id: Zou Yan (鄒衍)
Explicit · shiji:074:s0036

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: dared-not-compare-himself · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · shiji:077:s0096
Assessment: discerning, loyal, generous, caring toward followers, and respectful of worthy men · Provenance: Mode: quoted-source-judgment · Source Person Id: Jia Yi (賈誼)
Explicit · shiji:048:s0168
Assessment: not-the-worthiest-nobleman · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Speaker Person Id: Lu Zhong (魯連)
Explicit · shiji:083:s0016
Assessment: worthy; attracted worthies and won renown · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)
Explicit · shiji:124:s0022