陈甲 / Chen Jia (Warring States)
陈甲 / Chen Jia appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》49丨孟子曰：我教你治国 你却把我当花瓶 as the minister or emissary who goes to 孟子 / Mencius after 齐宣王 regrets not following Mencius’s advice about 燕国.
His role is rhetorical. By asking whether even 周公 made mistakes when Guan Shu rebelled, Chen Jia tries to create a less humiliating frame for Qi Xuan Wang’s failure. Mencius accepts the possibility of understandable error but turns the conversation toward 犯错能改的领导力: the problem is not only making a mistake, but refusing to correct it.
Connections
- 齐宣王 - ruler whose failure he tries to contextualize.
- 孟子 / Mencius - interlocutor who redirects the question.
- 周公 - ancient example in Chen Jia’s question.
- 犯错能改的领导力 and 君臣反馈失灵 - concepts supported by the exchange.