Overview
The translated histories identify Sun Bin as a general, military officer, strategist, and teacher. This record brings together 21 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Sun Bin | 孫臏 | Sun Bin |
| Personal name | Bin | 臏 | |
| Personal | Sun Bin | 孫臏 | Sūn Bìn |
| Personal name | Sun Bin | 孫臏 | Sūn Bìn |
| Personal name | Sun Bin | 孫子 | Sunzi |
| Title | Sun Tzu | 孫子 | Sūn Zǐ |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · shiji:048:s0170, shiji:065:s0035
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:074:s0012
Roles
- General
- Military Officer
- Strategist
- Teacher
- Writer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 後十三歲…馬陵 · Western Year: BC 341Explicit event contextual date · shiji:065:s0059, shiji:065:s0072
- Source Date: Text: 戰國 · Western Year: BC 350Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:025:s0058
- Source Date: Text: 戰國時期 · Western Year: c. BC 350Explicit event contextual date · shiji:048:s0170
- Source Date: Text: 桂陵…馬陵 · Western Interval: Start: BC 353 · End: BC 341
- Source Date: Text: 齊威王、宣王用孫子 · Western Interval: Start: BC 356 · End: BC 301Explicit event contextual date · shiji:074:s0012
Family
- Descendant of Sun Wu (孫武)Kinship Term: descendant / 後世子孫
Kinship Term: descendant / 後世子孫
Origins and identity
- Lineage: descendant of Sun Wu / 孫武之後世子孫 · Ancestor Person Id: Sun Wu (孫武)Explicit · shiji:065:s0036
Career and standing
- Label: teacher/advisor / 師 · Action: appointedExplicit · shiji:065:s0050, shiji:065:s0053
- Status: convict-laborer · Action: held · Details: criminal laborer / 刑徒Explicit · shiji:065:s0040
- Status: mutilation · Action: suffered · Details: feet amputated and face branded / 刑斷其兩足而黥之Explicit · shiji:065:s0039
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Qi / 齊 · Relation: associated-withExplicit · hanshu:025:s0058
- Polity: Qi / 齊 · Relation: served
- Place: between A and Juan / 阿鄄之閒Explicit · shiji:065:s0036
- Place: Qi / 齊 · Relation: migrated-toExplicit · shiji:065:s0041
Learning and skills
- Subject: military strategy / 兵法 · Relation: studiedExplicit · shiji:065:s0037
Works and attributed material
- Work: military writings / 篇籍 · Relation: associated-authorExplicit · hanshu:025:s0058
- Work: military strategy treatise / 兵法 · Relation: authorExplicit · shiji:065:s0074
Events and relationships
- Kind: contest · Role: advisor · Action: advised chariot-race wager strategy · Other Person Id: Tian Ji (田忌)
- Kind: military-strategic · Role: strategist · Action: captured enemies and established victoriesExplicit · hanshu:025:s0058
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: commanded the armies of the six statesExplicit · shiji:048:s0170
- Kind: military · Role: advisor · Action: defeated Pang Juan at Maling · Place: Maling / 馬陵 · Other Person Id: Pang Juan (龐涓) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 馬陵 · Western Year: BC 341
- Kind: military · Role: advisor · Action: defeated Wei at Guiling · Place: Guiling / 桂陵 · Other Person Id: Tian Ji (田忌) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 與齊戰於桂陵 · Western Year: BC 353Explicit event contextual date · shiji:065:s0058
- Relation: fellow-student-of · Person Id: Pang Juan (龐涓)Explicit · shiji:065:s0037
- Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: King Wei of Qi (齊威王)Explicit · shiji:065:s0050
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: clearly outplotted Pang Juan but could not escape mutilation · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Source Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)Explicit · shiji:065:s0159
References in the histories
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