Overview
Kuai Tong was a Strategist whose plan Han Xin used to attack Qi.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 210 to BC 190 楚漢之際Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 133
- BC 204 用蒯通計Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 94, passages 56, 90
- BC 209 范陽人蒯通說范陽令Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 53
- BC 209 陳涉起Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 41, passage 38
- BC 209 陳王起蘄，至陳而王Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 62, 71
- BC 200 齊之蒯通...讀樂毅之報燕王書Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 80, passage 119
Key source chapters
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 89 Biographies of Zhang Er and Chen Yu 6 passages
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 94 Biography of Tian Dan, King of Qi 4 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 41 Volume 32: Zhang Er and Chen Yu 2 passages
- Book of Chen, Chapter 19 Volume 19: Shen Jiong; Yu Li; Ma Shu 1 passage
- Book of Han, Chapter 1 Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 1 1 passage
Places and affiliations
- At Fanyang 范陽Directly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 38; Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 53
Learning and skills
- Skill persuasive rhetoric 長短說 · Level renownedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 94, passage 91
Works and attributed material
- Eighty-one essays on Warring States power shifts 論戰國之權變八十一首Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 94, passage 91
- biography of Kuai Tong 通傳Relation Subject ofDirectly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 39
- Speech · Speaker · With Magistrate of Fanyang (范陽令) · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 53-54, 56-60
- Speech · Speaker · With Wu Chen (武臣) · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Kuai Tong (蒯通)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 62-63, 65-70
Events and relationships
- Advised Han Xin to attack QiDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 94, passage 56
- Advised magistrate to send him to Lord of WuxinDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 53, 60
- Bestowed sealDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 71
- Persuaded Fanyang to surrenderDirectly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 38
- Sent toDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 62
- Wept overDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 80, passage 119
Show 3 more source-backed claims
- Relation Envoy of · Person Magistrate of Fanyang (范陽令)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 62
- Relation Counselor of · Person Wu Chen (武臣)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 62, 71
- Relation Friend of · Person An Qisheng (安期生)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 94, passage 92
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment scheming threw Qi into turmoil and ruined related fortunes · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Sima Qian (司馬遷)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 94, passage 90
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 53, 62
References in the histories
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