entity Updated 2026-08-20 Tags: Person, Diplomat, Strategist, Pre-Qin, Warring-States

周最 / Zhou Zui

周最 / Zhou Zui appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》56丨 瞧瞧两千多年前啥是大丈夫 as one of the persuaders named after 张仪, 苏秦, and 犀首公孙衍. The episode does not develop his independent biography; it uses him as evidence that court-to-court persuasion had become a wider fashion in the late 战国时期 setting.

The page is therefore source-scoped. Zhou Zui’s function here is to widen 纵横家外交 beyond its most famous pair: Zhang Yi and Su Qin are exemplary, but the source says many others traveled the realm using speech, strategy, and deception to influence rulers.

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