《谏逐客书》 / Jian Zhu Ke Shu
《谏逐客书》 / Jian Zhu Ke Shu enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·秦纪》109-2｜春申君被皇帝大舅哥全族灭门 as the text previewed for the next episode. The source says 秦国 orders foreign scholars expelled, and 李斯 writes this memorial while packing to leave.
That episode’s only claim about the memorial is its narrative function: the host asks what it says that can make 嬴政 / 秦始皇 wake up and stop the expulsion order.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》110-1｜李斯：米仓老鼠和下水道老鼠你怎么选？ supplies the crisis setup but still stops before the memorial’s full argument. It identifies the policy pressure behind the text: after 吕不韦 loses central office, Qin royal-clan ministers push the 逐客令 by claiming foreign guests may serve their original rulers and by pointing to cases such as 郑国. The page therefore remains compact on the text’s content while expanding the political reason Li Si must write.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》110-2｜秦始皇的CP为何被驱逐出国 gives the memorial’s argument. Li Si first cites Qin precedent: 秦穆公, 秦孝公, 秦惠王 / 嬴驷, and 秦昭襄王 all used guest talent to build Qin power. He then contrasts Qin’s willingness to enjoy non-Qin luxury goods with its proposed rejection of non-Qin people, and finally warns that expelling guests is equivalent to sending useful labor, advice, and weapons to enemy states. The episode says this persuades Ying Zheng to recall Li Si, restore his office, and revoke the guest-expulsion order.
Connections
- 李斯 - author in the episode’s setup.
- 嬴政 / 秦始皇 - ruler to be persuaded.
- 秦国 and 逐客令 - court and policy that create the memorial’s occasion and are reversed after it.
- 秦穆公, 秦孝公, 秦惠王 / 嬴驷, and 秦昭襄王 - precedent rulers used in the source’s account of the memorial.
- 吕不韦, 郑国, 老鼠哲学, and 乱世职业经理人式流动 - political context and author-formation branch attached to the memorial.
- 芮淇讲透资治通鉴 - podcast context that previews the topic.