Overview
Zou Yang was a scholar and Writer.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 154 其春後Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 56, passage 25
- BC 154 to BC 144 書奏梁孝王，孝王使人出之Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 235
- BC 157 to BC 144 梁孝王來朝，從遊說之士Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 66, passage 7
- BC 154 to BC 144 梁孝王時Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passages 150, 155
- BC 154 to BC 144 臣聞盛飾入朝者Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passages 233, 235
- BC 154 to BC 144 鄒陽辭雖不遜Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passages 235, 237
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- letter-writer and court guest 上客Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passages 235, 237
- honored guest 上客BC 154 to BC 144 梁孝王 · Honored guest · BecameDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 235
- HeldBC 154 to BC 144 梁孝王 · ImprisonedStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 235
- EnteredDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passages 154-155
- release from prison 出之Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 235
Places and affiliations
- Liang 梁Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Han 66, passage 7; Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 235
- At Qi 齊Directly stated · Book of Han 66, passage 7; Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 150
- At Liang 梁 · Relation Traveled toDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 151
Works and attributed material
- Letter from prison to King Xiao of Liang 獄中上書Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passages 155-156
- Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang 魯仲連鄒陽列傳Relation Subject ofDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 237
- SubmittedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 235
- BC 154 to BC 144 梁孝王時Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passages 155-156, 225
- Letter · Author · With Liu Wu (劉武) · Direct quotation · Mode self-report Speaker Zou Yang (鄒陽)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passages 226-234
Events and relationships
- Released and honoredBC 154 to BC 144 孝王使人出之，卒為上客 · Legal · Prisoner released · With Liu Wu (劉武) · Outcome Became honored guestDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 235
- Relation Retainer of · Person Liu Wu (劉武)Directly stated · Book of Han 66, passage 7
- Relation Associate of · Person Zhuang Ji (莊忌)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 151
- Relation Associate of · Person Mei Sheng (枚生)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 151
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment language immoderate, yet analogies deeply moving; upright and unbending · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Sima Qian (司馬遷)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 237
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passages 235, 237
References in the histories
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