Ancient China · Dialectician and adviser to Lord Pingyuan

Gongsun Long 公孫龍

Gōngsūn Lóng

Attested BC 251

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gongsun Long was a Dialectician and adviser to Lord Pingyuan.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 251 平原君以趙孝成王十五年卒
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 76, passages 94, 96

Learning and skills

Skill hard-and-white dialectic 堅白之辯 · Level skilled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 76, passage 97

Works and attributed material

Political counsel · Speaker · Addressed to Lord of Pingyuan (平原君)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 76, passages 82, 84-92

Events and relationships

Dissuaded Pingyuan from seeking enfeoffment
Political advice · Advisor · With Lord of Pingyuan (平原君)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 76, passages 82, 84, 92-93
Relation Advisor of · Person Lord of Pingyuan (平原君)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 76, passages 82, 96

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 76Biographies of Lord Pingyuan and Yu Qing · 4 passages

公孫龍聞之，夜駕見平原君曰：「龍聞虞卿欲以信陵君之存邯鄲為君請封，有之乎？」 When Gongsun Long heard this, he drove through the night to see Lord Pingyuan and said: "Long has heard that Yu Qing wishes to use Lord Xinling's saving of Handan to request an enfeoffment for Your Lordship—is this so?"

龍曰：「此甚不可。 Gongsun Long said: "This is quite unacceptable.

平原君厚待公孫龍。 Lord Pingyuan received Gongsun Long with generous favor.

公孫龍善為堅白之辯，及鄒衍過趙言至道，乃絀公孫龍。 Gongsun Long was skilled in the sophistry of 'the hard and the white,' but when Zou Yan passed through Zhao and spoke of the Great Way, Lord Pingyuan dismissed Gongsun Long.