成侯邹忌 / Chenghou Zou Ji
成侯邹忌 / Chenghou Zou Ji appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》19丨马陵之战 during 齐威王’s debate over whether and when to rescue 韩国 from 魏国. The raw transcript writes the name as “成侯周济,” but the received passage is usually 成侯邹忌, so the wiki keeps Zou Ji as the indexed figure and treats the transcript wording as a source caveat.
His role in this source is compact but useful. He argues that early rescue and late rescue are both inferior to not rescuing at all, creating the negative pole in a three-way policy debate. 田忌 then argues for early rescue, while 孙膑 argues for delayed rescue.
《资治通鉴·周纪》20丨庞涓死此树下 turns Zou Ji from debate participant into the next court-risk signal. After 田忌 returns from the 马陵之战 victory with higher military prestige, the episode says Zou Ji dislikes him and may be threatened by Tian Ji’s rising status.
《资治通鉴·周纪》21丨邹忌下阴招 田忌国外避难 makes Zou Ji the active antagonist. Instead of reconciling with a victorious rival, he has someone pose as Tian Ji’s agent and ask a market diviner whether Tian Ji should “do great things.” The episode treats the plan as logically thin but politically effective because the treason implication forces 齐威王 and Tian Ji into mutual suspicion, turning Zou Ji’s court rivalry into a 谋反指控陷阱.
Connections
- 齐国 and 齐威王 - court and ruler context.
- 韩国 and 魏国 - crisis being debated.
- 田忌 and 孙膑 - alternative rescue-timing positions and later prestige tension.
- Delayed Rescue Statecraft / 晚救权谋 and 马陵之战 - policy debate and campaign branch.
- Treason Accusation Trap / 谋反指控陷阱, 《史记》, and 《战国策》 - accusation wording and source-variant branch.