雍门司马 / Yongmen Sima
雍门司马 / Yongmen Sima enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·秦纪》119-3｜历史上第一位真正意义上“垂帘听政”太后 at the moment when 齐王建 / 田建 is considering 后胜’s advice to go personally to 秦国. The transcript stops at the opening of his remonstrance, so this page is intentionally narrow.
His first move is to reframe the issue from diplomatic convenience to ruler purpose. By asking whether the king exists for the state altars or the state exists for the king, he turns Qi Wang Jian’s Qin visit into a question about responsibility to 齐国 rather than personal safety or short-term protocol.