Ancient China · Royal Family Member

Shu Lizi 樗里子

Chulizi

Attested BC 330 - BC 300

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shu Lizi was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 330 to BC 300 樗里子以骨肉重
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 229

Places and affiliations

Polity Qin 秦 · Relation Royal of
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 229

Assessments and attributes

Assessment honored for kinship ties, and praised by the people of Qin for wisdom · Mode historian-judgment Speaker The Grand Historian (太史公)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 229

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 71Biographies of Shu Lizi and Gan Mao · 1 passage

太史公曰：樗里子以骨肉重，固其理，而秦人稱其智，故頗采焉。 The Grand Historian remarks: Shu Lizi was honored for his kinship ties, which was only natural, yet the people of Qin praised his wisdom, therefore I have collected much about him.