Ancient China · Statesman

Zhang Yi 張儀

Attested BC 316 - BC 311

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Yi was a statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 316 to BC 311 始張儀西并巴蜀之地
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 173

Places and affiliations

Polity Qin 秦 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 173

Assessments and attributes

Assessment eloquent · Mode quotation Speaker Fan Quan (范蜎)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 173

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 71Biographies of Shu Lizi and Gan Mao · 1 passage

故惠王之明，武王之察，張儀之辯，而甘茂事之，取十官而無罪。 Thus, though King Hui was discerning, King Wu perceptive, and Zhang Yi eloquent, Gan Mao served them all, holding ten offices without incurring blame.