Overview
The translated histories identify Lu Zhonglian as a diplomat, scholar, and strategist. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Lu Zhonglian | 魯連 | Lu Zhonglian |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:083:s0236
Roles
- Diplomat
- Scholar
- Strategist
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 魯連其指意雖不合大義 · Western Interval: Start: BC 284 · End: BC 250Explicit · shiji:083:s0236
Career and standing
- Status: commoner · Action: held · Label: commoner / 布衣Explicit · shiji:083:s0236
Works and attributed material
- Work: Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang / 魯仲連鄒陽列傳 · Relation: subject-ofExplicit · shiji:083:s0236, shiji:083:s0237
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: persuader · Action: argued-and-broke-ministerial-power · Outcome: refused to bend before feudal lords; broke power of chancellors · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 談說於當世，折卿相之權 · Western Interval: Start: BC 284 · End: BC 250Explicit · shiji:083:s0236
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: aims may not match highest righteousness, yet admirable for free will as a commoner, unbending before lords, and breaking ministerial power · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)Explicit · shiji:083:s0236
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · shiji:083:s0236
References in the histories
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