扁鹊 / Bian Que

扁鹊 / Bian Que appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》08丨一代名将吴起惨死（3） through the story of repeatedly warning 田氏齐桓公 / 田武 that his illness is worsening. The ruler refuses the diagnosis until the disease can no longer be treated.

The episode uses the story less as medical biography than as political judgment: a ruler who dismisses unwelcome expertise can turn a manageable problem into a fatal one. Bian Que therefore links the Tian-family Qi branch to the wiki’s broader concern with evidence, counsel, and the limits of ruler self-certainty.

Connections

• 田氏齐桓公 / 田武 - ruler warned in the story.
• 齐国 - state context.
• Historical Detective Reasoning - adjacent method frame for keeping old stories source-bounded.
• 君臣反馈失灵 - adjacent governance pattern where unwelcome correction fails to change a ruler’s behavior.