Overview
The translated histories identify Yu Qing as a diplomat, official, and writer. This record brings together 36 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yu Qing | 虞卿 | Yu Qing |
| Personal name | Yu Qing | 虞卿 | Yú Qīng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · shiji:076:s0098
Roles
- Diplomat
- Official
- Writer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 秦趙戰於長平 · Western Year: BC 260Explicit event contextual date · shiji:076:s0102, shiji:076:s0103
Career and standing
- Label: high minister of Zhao / 趙上卿 · Action: appointedExplicit · shiji:076:s0101
- Title: Minister of Zhao / 趙相Explicit · hanshu:104:s0010
- Place: one city / 一城 · Action: receivedExplicit · shiji:076:s0203
Works and attributed material
- Work: Yu Family Spring and Autumn Annals / 虞氏春秋 · Relation: author · Extent: Chapters: 8Explicit · shiji:076:s0219, shiji:076:s0220
- Explicit · shiji:076:s0105, shiji:076:s0106, shiji:076:s0107, shiji:076:s0109, shiji:076:s0110, shiji:076:s0111, shiji:076:s0115, shiji:076:s0116, shiji:076:s0117, shiji:076:s0118, shiji:076:s0119, shiji:076:s0123, shiji:076:s0124, shiji:076:s0126, shiji:076:s0127, shiji:076:s0139, shiji:076:s0140, shiji:076:s0141, shiji:076:s0142, shiji:076:s0143, shiji:076:s0144, shiji:076:s0145, shiji:076:s0146, shiji:076:s0147, shiji:076:s0148, shiji:076:s0149, shiji:076:s0150, shiji:076:s0151, shiji:076:s0152, shiji:076:s0153, shiji:076:s0154, shiji:076:s0155, shiji:076:s0174, shiji:076:s0188, shiji:076:s0189, shiji:076:s0190, shiji:076:s0191, shiji:076:s0192, shiji:076:s0193, shiji:076:s0194, shiji:076:s0195, shiji:076:s0196, shiji:076:s0197, shiji:076:s0198, shiji:076:s0209, shiji:076:s0211, shiji:076:s0213, shiji:076:s0214, shiji:076:s0215
Events and relationships
- Kind: exile · Role: companion · Action: abandoned-rank-and-fled-with-Wei-Qi · Other Person Id: Wei Qi (魏齊)Explicit · shiji:076:s0218
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: persuaded-Qi-and-induced-Qin-peace-envoy
- Kind: political · Role: counselor · Action: recommended-accepting-Wei-alliance
- Relation: friend-and-companion-of · Person Id: Wei Qi (魏齊)Explicit · shiji:076:s0218, shiji:076:s0224
- Type: friend-of · Person Id: Wei Qi (魏齊)Explicit · hanshu:104:s0010
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: highly-skillful-at-assessing-affairs-and-devising-strategy · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)Explicit · shiji:076:s0223
- Assessment: loyalty-to-Wei-Qi-was-unwise-but-distress-enabled-authorship · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)Explicit · shiji:076:s0224, shiji:076:s0225
References in the histories
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