屈原 / Qu Yuan
屈原 / Qu Yuan enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·周纪》51丨 楚怀王：秦小儿看舅舅如何灭了你！. The source presents him as a firm anti-Qin voice in the 楚国 court whom 张仪 and aligned Chu elites help slander before the 商於 deception reaches its military sequel.
The episode uses Qu Yuan to explain why 陈枕’s warnings fail to carry enough political weight. If Qu Yuan is pushed out of court and Zhang Yi has already influenced ministers and favored palace figures, then 楚怀王 hears correct advice from a weakened minority position. The source also notes that Qu Yuan later writes 《离骚》, but does not analyze the work.
《资治通鉴·周纪》62丨稷儿，诓你舅舅的“腿”啊 returns to Qu Yuan retrospectively rather than through a new action. After 秦昭襄王 detains Chu Huaiwang in 咸阳, the episode says Chu Huaiwang had spent years demoting or exiling upright remonstrants like Qu Yuan. That makes Qu Yuan part of the source’s explanation for why the captive king has neither durable court correction before disaster nor loyal rescue afterward.
Connections
- 楚国 and 楚怀王 - court and ruler in the source.
- 张仪 and 陈枕 - rival influence and fellow warning-side figure.
- 君臣反馈失灵 - governance pattern intensified by court capture and adviser isolation.
- 未验地先断交陷阱 - diplomatic trap whose warning voices are weakened.
- 昭雎, 武关, and 咸阳 - Zhouji 62 warning, captivity, and no-rescue retrospective.