《六韬》 / Six Secret Teachings
《六韬》 / Six Secret Teachings appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》30丨苏秦的“开挂”人生 inside the episode’s version discussion of 《阴符》. The source says one possible reading of 《战国策》’s 《太公阴符之谋》 points to the 《阴符》 chapter in this military text.
The host does not use that identification as the main explanation for 苏秦’s breakthrough. The episode says the 《六韬》 chapter is only around a hundred characters and mainly concerns military communication or signaling, which makes it less plausible as the basis for Su Qin’s broader 揣摩 method than the 《史记》 label 《周书阴符》.
Qinji 130-1 gives the text a second role through 张良. The episode identifies 《太公兵法》 as 《六韬》 / 《太公六韬》 and describes it as six juan and sixty chapters, with strategic and tactical argument as its most important content. Here the text is not a disputed clue for Su Qin, but the book that moves Zhang Liang from failed assassin toward strategist.
Connections
- 《阴符》 - text whose identity the episode is comparing.
- 《战国策》 and 《史记》 - source labels being weighed.
- 苏秦 and 揣摩 - reader and method at stake in the comparison.
- 纵横家外交 - broader political-persuasion branch that makes the textual distinction matter.
- 《太公兵法》, 张良, and 黄石公 - Qinji 130-1 identification and bridge-gift branch.