非子 / Qin Feizi
非子 / Qin Feizi appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》10丨 以家族单位 有蚂蚁吃大象的精神（1） inside the source’s 秦国 origin story. The episode says 周孝王 valued Feizi’s skill with horses, assigned him land at Qin, and allowed him to continue the Ying family sacrifices.
The source stresses that this did not yet make Qin a full state. Feizi’s Qin is still an attached fief or dependent status, which later makes 秦襄公’s promotion by 周平王 politically important.
Connections
- 秦国 - later polity whose origin story begins here in the source.
- 周孝王 - Zhou ruler who grants the Qin fief.
- 秦襄公 and 周平王 - later recognition branch.
- Kinship Legitimacy Diplomacy / 同源合法性外交 - source frame that uses Qin’s origins politically.