Ancient China · Official

Zi Zhi 子之

Attested BC 316 - BC 314

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Zi Zhi was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 316 子之
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 204
BC 314 子之之亂
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 80, passage 7

Key source chapters

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83 Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang 3 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 80 Biography of Yue Yi 1 passage

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 80Biography of Yue Yi · 1 passage

聞燕昭王以子之之亂而齊大敗燕，燕昭王怨齊，未嘗一日而忘報齊也。 Yue Yi heard that King Zhao of Yan, because of the Zi Zhi rebellion, had been greatly defeated by Qi; King Zhao of Yan resented Qi and never for a single day forgot to avenge Qi.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang · 3 passages

魯人曰：『吾將以十太牢待子之君。』 The men of Lu replied, 'We shall receive your lord with ten sets of the grand sacrifice.'

鄒、魯之臣，生則不得事養，死則不得賻襚，然且欲行天子之禮於鄒、魯，鄒、魯之臣不果納。 The ministers of Zou and Lu had never served King Min in life nor contributed funeral gifts in death, yet he sought to impose the rites of the Son of Heaven upon them—and the ministers of Zou and Lu refused to submit.

是以聖王覺寤，捐子之之心，而能不說於田常之賢； This is why the sage kings, upon awakening, cast aside partiality toward their own kin and refused to be swayed by the schemes of a Tian Chang.