Ancient China · Envoy and Diplomat

Gongsun Mei 公孫昧

Attested BC 300

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gongsun Mei was an envoy and Diplomat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 300 楚圍雍氏
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 128

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Gong Zhong (公仲)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passages 130, 132-141, 143-145

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 45House of Han · 4 passages

秦未為發，使公孫昧入韓。 Qin had not yet dispatched troops, but sent Gongsun Mei to Han.

對曰：「秦王之言曰『請道南鄭、藍田，出兵於楚以待公』，殆不合矣。」 Gongsun Mei replied, "The King of Qin says he will march through Nanzheng and Lantian, deploy troops against Chu, and await your forces there—but I doubt this will come to pass."

對曰：「秦王必祖張儀之故智。 Gongsun Mei replied, "The King of Qin will surely follow the old stratagem of Zhang Yi.

曰：「公必先韓而後秦，先身而後張儀。 Gongsun Mei said, "You must put Han first and Qin second, your own interests before those of Zhang Yi.