屈宜臼 / Qu Yijiu
屈宜臼 / Qu Yijiu appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》28丨韩昭侯的快乐你想象不到 as the Chu man who criticizes 韩昭侯 for building a high gate in a bad political moment. The source has him say that Han Zhaohou will not get to pass through the gate, then explains the prediction through timing rather than divination.
His core argument is that “time” means circumstance. Han Zhaohou did not build during an easier moment; he waited until after 秦国 had attacked 韩国 at 宜阳 and after Han had suffered drought. The episode uses his criticism to define 时绌举赢: doing conspicuously expensive things when the state’s condition calls for restraint.