Shu Lizi 樗里子

Other names

Family

• Child of Father of King Hui of Qin and Shu Lizi (秦惠王與樗里子之父)
  father 父 · paternal line
  Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 1
• Child of Mother of Shu Lizi (樗里子之母)
  mother 母 · maternal line
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passages 1-2
• Sibling of King Hui of Qin (秦惠王)
  younger half-brother 弟 · Paternal half siblings · paternal line
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 1

Origins and identity

• Lineage Qin royal house 秦公室 · younger paternal half-brother of King Hui of Qin
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 1

Career and standing

• left and right prime minister 左右丞相
  BC 310 太子武王立 · Appointed · appointed together with Gan Mao; left/right not specified per person
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 8
• Right Minister 右更
  BC 330 秦惠王八年 · Granted rank
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 4
• Lord Yan 嚴君
  BC 312 秦惠王二十五年明年 · Enfeoffed
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 7
• rank of Right Minister 右更
  BC 330 秦惠王八年 · Enfeoffed
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 4
• Lord Yan 嚴君
  BC 312 秦惠王二十五年明年 · Bestowed
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 7
• Described as
  BC 308 to BC 307 秦使甘茂攻韓，拔宜陽 · Ostensibly guarded actually detained · At Zhou 周 · Mode quotation Speaker You Teng (游騰)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 17

Places and affiliations

• Polity Qin 秦 · Relation Royal of
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 1
• BC 308 to BC 307 秦使甘茂攻韓，拔宜陽
  At Zhou 周 · Relation Sent to
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 10
• BC 313 秦惠王二十五年
  At Lin 藺 · Relation Captured
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 5
• BC 312 秦惠王二十五年明年
  At Hanzhong 漢中 · Relation Captured
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 6
• BC 330 秦惠王八年
  At Quwo 曲沃 · Relation Captured
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 4

Events and relationships

• Aided attack
  BC 312 秦惠王二十五年明年 · Military · Assistant commander · With Wei Zhang (魏章) · At Chu / Hanzhong 楚／漢中 · Outcome Defeated Qu Gai and took Hanzhong
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 6
• Attacked and took
  BC 330 秦惠王八年 · Military · Commander · At Quwo 曲沃 · Outcome Inhabitants expelled; city and land annexed to Qin
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 4
• Attacked
  BC 313 秦惠王二十五年 · Military · Commander · At Zhao 趙 · With Zhuang Bao (莊豹) · Outcome Captured Zhuang Bao and took Lin
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 5
• Entered with hundred chariots
  BC 308 to BC 307 秦使甘茂攻韓，拔宜陽 · Diplomatic · Envoy · At Zhou 周
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passages 10-11
• Relation Captured · Person Zhuang Bao (莊豹)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 5
• Relation Co chancellor with · Person Gan Mao (甘茂)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 8

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment dubbed the Wisdom Satchel by the people of Qin · Mode named-source-report
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 3
• BC 306 昭王立
  Assessment esteem grew even greater after King Zhao's accession · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 21
• Assessment witty and exceedingly clever · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 3
• BC 308 to BC 307 秦使甘茂攻韓，拔宜陽
  Item a hundred chariots 車百乘 · Relation Led
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passages 10, 17