触龙 / Chu Long

触龙 / Chu Long enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·周纪》91丨触龙如何敲开守寡赵太后的门（1）, which identifies him as the Zhao left master in the classic 《战国策》 story often known as “触龙说赵太后.” He appears when 赵威后 refuses to send 长安君 to 齐国 as hostage despite 秦国’s attack on 赵国.

The episode’s first-half account makes Chu Long a persuasion case rather than a general biographical subject. He enters slowly, presents himself as old and physically weak, talks about Zhao Weihou’s health, and asks for a palace-guard post for his own youngest son before raising the logic of parental long-term care. This makes him the source case for 情绪降温式说服: the policy argument becomes possible only after the target no longer experiences the conversation as another direct attack.

《资治通鉴·周纪》91丨触龙如何敲开守寡赵太后的门（2） completes the scene. Chu Long asks whether earlier Zhao royal descendants with noble title and wealth still hold their positions, then argues that Zhao Weihou has given Chang’an Jun land and treasure without giving him a chance to earn standing for after her death. The argument persuades her, but the episode treats his explanation as rhetorically effective rather than fully accurate, because hereditary-aristocratic decline is better explained through Warring States centralizing reforms than through merit alone.

Connections

• 赵威后 - ruler-mother he must persuade.
• 长安君 - hostage question at the center of the crisis.
• 齐国, 秦国, and 赵国 - diplomatic and military setting.
• 情绪降温式说服, 揣摩, and 质子外交破裂 - persuasion and hostage-diplomacy frames.
• 战国变法反噬 - institutional counterpoint to his merit-and-survival argument.
• 《战国策》 - source tradition highlighted by the episode.