Overview
Su Qin was a Strategist and Diplomat.
Life and dates
Death
- Killed · At Qi 齊Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 86
Attested activity
- BC 334 二十八年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 76
- BC 332 易王初立Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passages 81-82
- BC 320 燕噲既立Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 86
Places and affiliations
- Polity Yan · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 76
Works and attributed material
- Persuasion · Speaker · With Duke Wen (文公)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 76
- Persuasion · SpeakerDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 78
Events and relationships
- Became leader of vertical alliancePolitical · Alliance leaderDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 78
- PersuadedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 76
- Recovered ten cities for YanDiplomatic · PersuaderDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 82
- Sent to QiEspionage · Double agent · At Qi 齊Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 84
- Relation Illicit relations with · Person Wife of Duke Wen of Yan (燕文公夫人)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 84
- Relation Marriage alliance with · Person Zizhi (子之)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 87
Assessments and attributes
- Item carriages, horses, gold, and silk 車馬金帛 · Relation ReceivedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 77
References in the histories
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