Zhāng Yí shì Qínguó de zǎixiàng, zhǔzhāng liánhéng.
Zhang Yi was chancellor of Qin and argued for the horizontal alliance.
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culture
Beaten almost to death in Chu on suspicion of stealing a jade, he asked his wife, "Is my tongue still there?" When she laughed that it was, he said that was enough: a persuader needs nothing else.
history
He and 苏秦 are the two great names of the 纵横家: Su Qin's 合纵 joined the states against 秦, while Zhang Yi's 连横 split them by getting each to side with Qin.
