- 1. Qu Yuan was slandered
by his enemies at court and fell out of favor
with the king. At this time he probably wrote his
"Encountering Sorrow."
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- 2. Qin wished to attack
Qi. Zhang Yi persuaded Chu to break with the
Vertical Alliance by offering 600 li
of territory.
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- 3. Chu agreed, but when
his ambassador traveled to Qin to receive the 600
li, Zhang Yi claimed that
he had promised 6 li.
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- 4. Chu was furious and
engaged Qin at Han-zhong and was badly defeated.
Another battle was fought at Lan-tian. Qi refused
to help Chu as smaller states began to encroach
on north and east.
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- 5. Qin offered to make
peace by returning some of the captured
territory, but the Chu king wanted only to take
revenge on Zhang Yi.
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- 6. Zhang Yi volunteered to
travel to Chu, and his persuasion again fooled
the king. (See Zhanguo Ce #11,
p. 61).
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- 7. The King of Qin asked
for a conference with the King of Chu. Chu was
prepared to go to Qin but Qu Yuan advised against
it. Prince Zi Lan (v. 313, p. 117) urged his
father to go, which convinced him. On the way to
Qin he was ambushed, and he died later in prison.
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- 8. Zi Lan ascended the
throne as King of Chu and banished Qu Yuan to the
south.
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