Qin and Han · Official

Hou Sheng 后勝

Attested BC 221

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Hou Sheng was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 221 秦滅齊
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 88, passage 49

Places and affiliations

Polity Qi 齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 88, passage 49

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 88Biography of Meng Tian · 1 passage

子嬰進諫曰：「臣聞故趙王遷殺其良臣李牧而用顏聚，燕王喜陰用荊軻之謀而倍秦之約，齊王建殺其故世忠臣而用后勝之議。 Ziying came forward to remonstrate: "Your servant has heard that King Qian of Zhao executed his able minister Li Mu and relied instead on the mediocre Yan Ju; that King Xi of Yan secretly adopted Jing Ke's assassination plot and thereby violated his treaty with Qin; and that King Jian of Qi executed his loyal ministers of many generations and followed the counsel of the treacherous Hou Sheng.