宜阳 / Yiyang (Warring States)
宜阳 / Yiyang appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》27丨围观魏惠王和齐威王是咋商业互捧 as the 韩国 place taken by 秦国 in 335 BCE. The episode says Qin had already attacked around Yiyang more than fifty years earlier, but had then taken only several large outlying settlements rather than the city itself.
The source treats Yiyang as a long-coveted strategic target for Qin, comparable in function to 魏国’s Hexi lands. On this page, Yiyang is kept as a Warring States place node rather than merged with later or modern Yiyang references.
《资治通鉴·周纪》28丨韩昭侯的快乐你想象不到 uses the same loss as background for 韩昭侯’s high-gate criticism. Because Han has recently suffered Qin’s attack and drought, the place becomes part of the circumstance that makes the gate project 时绌举赢.
《资治通鉴·周纪》54丨我尊你是王，你当我是屁 reuses Yiyang as a threat point in 张仪’s speech to 韩襄王. Zhang Yi warns that if Han does not serve 秦国, Qin can seize Yiyang and control Chenggao, splitting Han and making its palace and parks no longer secure. The place therefore moves from a prior Qin gain into a live piece of 包围威胁式说服.
《资治通鉴·周纪》57丨古代发毒誓还有这作用？ makes that tension explicit. In 308 BCE, 甘茂 treats Yiyang as a large 韩国 target that 秦国 cannot take quickly after a long march, and the next year he is still besieging it after five months. This sits uneasily beside the earlier 335 BCE “Qin takes Yiyang” notice, so the page should keep both claims as a source-layer problem until later evidence clarifies whether the earlier taking was partial, temporary, differently scoped, or erroneous.
《资治通鉴·周纪》58丨赵武灵王如何打造强国 completes the later campaign branch. After court pressure begins against Gan Mao, his reminder of the Xirang oath makes 秦武王 reinforce rather than recall him. The episode says Gan Mao then takes Yiyang and 韩国 sends its chancellor to Qin to apologize and seek peace, strengthening the 307 BCE side of the chronology tension.
《资治通鉴·周纪》59丨一朝君王一朝臣 moves from capture to administration. 秦昭襄王 sends 向寿 to comfort residents, define boundaries, and organize taxes and household registers. The same source makes the Yiyang aftermath the setting for 甘茂’s 武遂 proposal and later court exposure.
Connections
- 秦国 - attacker and occupying power in the episode’s 335 BCE notice.
- 韩国 - state losing the place.
- Qin Eastward Pressure / 秦国东进压力 - strategic pattern extended by Qin’s seizure of Yiyang.
- 战国时期 - broader setting.
- 韩昭侯, 屈宜臼, and 时绌举赢 - Zhouji 28 timing-warning branch.
- 张仪, 韩襄王, and 包围威胁式说服 - Zhouji 54 Qin pressure speech branch.
- 甘茂, 秦武王, 谣言侵蚀信任, and 盟誓约束下的统帅信任 - Zhouji 57-58 long-campaign, oath, reinforcement, and capture branch.
- 秦昭襄王, 向寿, 武遂, and 靠山更替暴露风险 - Zhouji 59 administration and post-victory court-risk branch.