Overview
Su Qin was a Warring States diplomat and advocate of the Vertical Alliance.
PeriodAncient China
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- Killed · At Qi 齊Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 86
Attested activity
- BC 334 to BC 284 BC 334-284Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 32, passage 120
- BC 334 二十八年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 76
- c. BC 300 戰國時期Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 48, passage 170
- BC 332 易王初立Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passages 81-82
- BC 320 燕噲既立Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 86
- BC 330 to BC 284 蘇、張、范、蔡之時Strongly inferred · Book of Han 117, passage 225
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- BC 320 to BC 284 蘇秦相燕Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passages 174, 178
- BC 300 蘇秦縱橫Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 170
Key source chapters
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 34 House of Yan Shaogong 6 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 76 Volume 65: Dongfang Shuo 3 passages
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83 Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang 2 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 74 Volume 64a: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 1 1 passage
- Book of Han, Chapter 117 Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 1 passage
Career and standing
- chancellor of Yan 相燕HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 178
Places and affiliations
- Polity Yan · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 76
Works and attributed material
- Persuasion · Speaker · With Duke Wen (文公)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 76
- Persuasion · SpeakerDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 78
Events and relationships
- Became leader of vertical alliancePolitical · Alliance leaderDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 78
- Devised strategy for the six statesStrategy · PlannerDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 48, passage 170
- Flourished in warring states vertical alliance agePolitical · PersuaderDirectly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 225
- PersuadedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 76
- Recovered ten cities for YanDiplomatic · PersuaderDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 82
- Sent to QiEspionage · Double agent · At Qi 齊Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 84
Show 2 more source-backed claims
- Relation Illicit relations with · Person Wife of Duke Wen of Yan (燕文公夫人)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 84
- Relation Marriage alliance with · Person Zizhi (子之)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 87
Assessments and attributes
- Item carriages, horses, gold, and silk 車馬金帛 · Relation ReceivedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 77
References in the histories
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