Lü Buwei
Lü Buwei was a Warring States period Chinese merchant and eventual late pre-imperial Qin state Chancellor. Originally an influential merchant from the Wei (衛) state, Lü Buwei met and befriended King Zhuangxiang of Qin, who was then a minor prince serving as a hostage in the Zhao state.
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Who was born first?
- Lü Buwei was born 4 years before Archimedes
- Lü Buwei was born 9 years after Sostratus of Cnidus
- Lü Buwei was born 9 years after Menippus
- Lü Buwei was born 9 years after Ariston of Chios
- Lü Buwei was born 11 years before Li Si
Timeline
- Ariston of Chioscirca 300 BC – 3rd century BC
- Menippuscirca 300 BC – circa 260 BC
- Sostratus of Cnidus300s BC – 3rd century BC
- Lü Buwei (this page)291–235 BC
- Archimedescirca 287 BC – 212 BC
- Li Si280–208 BC
