Ancient China · Statesman

Yi Yin 伊尹

Attested BC 1600

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yi Yin was a statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1600 伊尹
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 91

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 129Biographies of Money-Makers · 1 passage

故曰：「吾治生產，猶伊尹、呂尚之謀，孫吳用兵，商鞅行法是也。 He declared: 'My approach to managing commerce and production is comparable to the stratagems of Yi Yin and Lü Shang, the military art of Sunzi and Wu Qi, and Shang Yang's implementation of the law.