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Zilan
Youngest son of King Huai of Chu who urged his father to go to Qin and, as chief minister under King Qingxiang, had Qu Yuan slandered
In a council hall, a long table holds an unrolled map scroll, a brass-cornered chest and a brush pot, with tall-backed chairs around it and a bronze lamp at the left; a figure stands with their back turned on the balcony at the right, with palace roofs beyond.
Also known as Chief Minister Zilan · Prince Lan
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- Chief Ministers
Zilan was the youngest son of King Huai of Chu. When King Zhao of Qin invited Huai to a meeting at Wu Pass, Qu Yuan warned against it, but Zilan pressed his father to go; Huai was detained in Qin and died there. Under his brother King Qingxiang, Zilan became chief minister (lingyin). According to the Shiji biography of Qu Yuan, Zilan had the Senior Grand Master slander Qu Yuan, leading to his banishment. He is the chief antagonist of Qu Yuan in the Biography of Qu Yuan.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; active c. 299 BCE, late in King Huai's reign and early in King Qingxiang's