Overview
Zou Yan was a Thinker whose discourse displaced Gongsun Long.
PeriodAncient China
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 311 to BC 279 如燕，昭王Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 37
- BC 300 往者周罔解結…戰國Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 99, passages 61, 63
- BC 305 to BC 270 後孟子Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 18
- BC 350 to BC 270 戰國Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passages 36-37
- c. BC 300 鄒衍吹律Strongly inferred · History of Liao 40, passage 86
- BC 305 to BC 240 鄒衍曰Strongly inferred · Book of Han 75, passage 4
Show 3 more source-backed claims
- BC 311 鄒衍自齊往Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 129
- c. BC 250 鄒衍過趙Derived from the source · Records of the Grand Historian 76, passage 97
- BC 350 to BC 240 齊稷下Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 127, passage 231
Key source chapters
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 74 Biographies of Mengzi and Xun Qing 8 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 75 Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 1 passage
- Book of Han, Chapter 99 Volume 87b: Yang Xiong 2 1 passage
- Book of Jin, Chapter 127 Volume 12 Records 27: Murong De 1 passage
- History of Liao, Chapter 40 Volume 40 Treatises 10: Geography 4 1 passage
Places and affiliations
- Polity Warring States 戰國 · Relation Lived inStrongly inferred · Book of Han 75, passage 4
- At Jieshi Palace 碣石宮 · Relation Taught atDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 37
- At Qi 齊 · Relation Came fromDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 129
- At Taigu Valley 黍谷山 · Relation Active atDirectly stated · History of Liao 40, passage 86
- Organization Jixia Academy 稷下 · Relation Associated withDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 47
Learning and skills
- Skill Five Virtues cosmology 五德之傳 · Level renownedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 37
- Skill yin-yang cosmology 陰陽消息 · Level renownedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 20
- Skill pitch-pipe / musical temperament 吹律Directly stated · History of Liao 40, passage 86
Works and attributed material
- End and Beginning 終始Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 20
- Great Sage 大聖Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 20
- Lord of Fate 主運Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 38
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 4
Events and relationships
- Explained Five Virtues to feudal lordsIntellectual · TeacherDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 37
- Honored in QiHonor · Honoree · At Qi 齊Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 34
- Received mat sweeping deferenceDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 36
- Spoke on Great Way causing Gongsun Long dismissalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 76, passage 97
- Taught King Zhao; Jieshi Palace builtDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 37
- Tested pitch pipesScholarly · Philosopher · At Taigu Valley 黍谷山Directly stated · History of Liao 40, passage 86
Show 4 more source-backed claims
- Welcomed at suburbsDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 35
- Relation Followed in time · Person Meng Ke (孟軻)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 18
- Relation Teacher of · Person King Zhao of Yan (燕昭王)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 37
- Relation Intellectual rival of · Person Gongsun Long (公孫龍)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 76, passage 97
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment authority on government and cultural change · Mode quotation Speaker Yan An (嚴安)Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 4
- Assessment circuitous, grand, vast, and eloquent · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Sima Qian (司馬遷)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 77
- Assessment discourses on Heaven (谈天衍) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Qi popular song 齊人頌Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 80
- Assessment words unorthodox but perhaps with Yi Yin-like intention · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Sima Qian (司馬遷)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 46
References in the histories
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