赵豹 / 平阳君 / Zhao Bao
赵豹 / 平阳君 / Zhao Bao enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·周纪》93丨在梦里藏着偷天改命？（1） as one of 赵丹 / 赵孝成王’s senior royal relatives consulted over 冯亭’s offer of 上党 to 赵国.
His advice is to refuse the offer. Zhao Bao’s core argument is “圣人甚祸无故之利”: a wise person treats a large, unearned benefit as a source of disaster, because the benefit may carry another actor’s hidden cost. In this case, accepting Shangdang means inheriting 秦国’s attack.
The episode uses Zhao Bao as the voice of strategic caution against 无故之利 / 利令智昏. His warning is not that territory has no value; it is that value detached from cause, cost, and retaliation must be priced as risk before it is accepted.
《资治通鉴·周纪》93丨在梦里藏着偷天改命？（2） completes that warning. Zhao Bao says Shangdang’s people are not simply drawn by Zhao’s virtue; they are trying to “嫁祸” to Zhao by making Qin’s anger follow the gift. The episode also restores a 《史记》 layer omitted by 《资治通鉴》: Zhao Bao points to Qin’s cattle farming, water transport, and reward incentives as institutional reasons Zhao should not provoke Qin lightly.
Connections
- 赵丹 / 赵孝成王 - young ruler whose decision Zhao Bao tries to restrain.
- 平原君 - fellow royal uncle consulted in the same deliberation.
- 冯亭 and 上党 - offer and territory under debate.
- 秦国 and 赵国 - threatening state and recipient state.
- 无故之利 / 利令智昏 - concept anchored in Zhao Bao’s warning.
- 耕战逻辑, 军功爵制, and 秦国东进压力 - institutional and strategic background behind his fuller warning in Zhouji 93 part 2.