Zhao Sheng / Lord Pingyuan (平原君趙勝)

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Sheng / Lord Pingyuan as an aristocrat and official. This record brings together 39 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhao Sheng / Lord Pingyuan	平原君趙勝	Zhào Shèng
Title	Lord Pingyuan	平原君	Píngyuán Jūn
Personal name	Zhao Sheng	趙勝	Zhào Shèng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:076:s0001

Roles

Aristocrat
Official

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 趙孝成王十五年 · Western Year: BC 251
Explicit · shiji:076:s0094

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 趙孝成王十五年卒 · Western Year: BC 251
Explicit · shiji:076:s0094

Family

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Spouse of Concubine who laughed (笑躄者美人)
Union Category: concubinage · Kinship Term: concubine / 美人 · Subject Role: concubine · Object Role: lord · Relationship State: active
Union Category: concubinage · Kinship Term: concubine / 美人 · Subject Role: lord · Object Role: concubine · Relationship State: active
Kin of King Xiaocheng of Zhao (趙孝成王)
Kinship Term: kinsman / 親戚
Kinship Term: kinsman / 親戚
Spouse of Wife of Lord Pingyuan (夫人)
Union Category: marriage · Kinship Term: lady/wife / 夫人 · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: active
Union Category: marriage · Kinship Term: lady/wife / 夫人 · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: active
Kin of King Huiwen of Zhao (趙惠文)
Kinship Term: royal kinsman / 趙之諸公子
Kinship Term: one of Zhao's noble scions / 趙之諸公子

Kinship Role: descendants who succeeded him · Quantity: successive generations
Explicit · shiji:076:s0095
Kinship Role: women of the rear palace · Quantity: hundreds
Explicit · shiji:076:s0072

Career and standing

Label: Chancellor of Zhao / 相趙 · Action: held-repeatedly
Explicit · shiji:076:s0003
Place: Dongwu City / 東武城 · Action: received
Explicit · shiji:076:s0003

Places and affiliations

Polity: Zhao · Relation: served
Explicit · shiji:076:s0003

Works and attributed material

Kind: assessment-speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Mao Sui (毛遂)
Explicit · shiji:076:s0062, shiji:076:s0063, shiji:076:s0064, shiji:076:s0065, shiji:076:s0066
Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Explicit · shiji:076:s0009, shiji:076:s0010, shiji:076:s0013, shiji:076:s0019, shiji:076:s0020, shiji:076:s0021, shiji:076:s0025, shiji:076:s0027, shiji:076:s0028, shiji:076:s0029

Events and relationships

Kind: social · Role: patron · Action: executed-concubine-and-apologized-to-commoner · Other Person Id: Crippled man (躄者)
Explicit · shiji:076:s0014, shiji:076:s0015

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: graceful-nobleman-who-failed-to-grasp-larger-design · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)
Explicit · shiji:076:s0221
Assessment: profit-darkened-judgment-leading-to-Changping-catastrophe · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)
Explicit · shiji:076:s0222