Qing · Scholar and Strategist

Zhou Ji 周濟

Attested AD 1781 - AD 1839

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhou Ji was a scholar and Strategist.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1781 to AD 1839 荊溪周濟
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passages 127-130

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Child of Zhou Ji
child 子/女
parent 父/母
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 129
Ancestor of Grandson of Zhou Ji
grandson 孫 · 2 generations · Through Child of Zhou Ji
grandfather 祖 · 2 generations · Through Child of Zhou Ji
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 129

Career and standing

scholar of wide learning 績學
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 128

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 127
At Jingxi 荊溪
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 127

Learning and skills

Skill martial arts 武藝
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 128
Skill statecraft and discourse on war 經世之略、好談兵
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 128

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Extent s0130, s0131, s0132, s0133, s0134, s0135, s0136
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passages 130-136

Events and relationships

Relation Employer of · Person Jiang Zhitong (江之桐)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 129

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 505Volume 505 Biographies 292: Yi Shu Si · 4 passages

年六十餘，始遇荊溪周濟。 Not until he was past sixty did he meet Zhou Ji of Jingxi.

濟故績學，自負經世之略，通武藝，好談兵。 Zhou was a scholar of wide learning who prided himself on statecraft, was versed in martial arts, and loved to talk of war.

與語大悅，延教其孫，三年而之桐卒。 Greatly pleased in talking with him, Zhou kept him on to teach his grandson. Three years later Zhitong died.

濟之言曰：「兵事至危，非得練士能臨敵苦鬥曆三十刻，及選鋒一可當三者，雖上有致果之志，下有死長之心，遇強敵不能必克。 Zhou Ji said: "War is the utmost peril. Unless you have seasoned troops who can face the enemy in hard fighting for thirty ke, and picked vanguard men each worth three ordinary soldiers, then even if the commander above is bent on victory and the ranks below are ready to die for their officers, you cannot be sure of beating a strong foe.