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King Xiang of Wei ruled the Wei state from 318 BC to 296 BC and was involved in various alliances and conflicts with neighboring states, including Qin and Chu. He initially allied with Chu against Qin but later shifted to an alliance with Qin after Chu's betrayal. His reign saw significant military engagements and diplomatic maneuvers, culminating in the discovery of the Bamboo Annals in his tomb in AD 279.

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King Xiang of Wei ruled the Wei state from 318 BC to 296 BC and was involved in various alliances and conflicts with neighboring states, including Qin and Chu. He initially allied with Chu against Qin but later shifted to an alliance with Qin after Chu's betrayal. His reign saw significant military engagements and diplomatic maneuvers, culminating in the discovery of the Bamboo Annals in his tomb in AD 279.

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King Xiang of Wei


King Xiang of Wei (Chinese: 魏 襄 王 ; died 296
BC), personal name Wei Si (Chinese: 魏 嗣 ), was King Xiang of Wei
king of the Wei state from 318 BC to 296 BC. He was 魏襄王
the son of King Hui. In 318 BC, at the suggestion of King of Wei
the Wei minister Gongsun Yan, he entered into an Reign 318–296 BC
alliance against the Qin state created by King Huai of Predecessor King Hui
Chu which also included the states of Zhao, Han and
Successor King Zhao
Yan. Chu then betrayed this alliance.
Died 296 BC
In 317 BC, at the suggestion of chancellor Zhang Yi,
King Xiang entered into an alliance with Qin. To Names
punish Chu for its betrayal of the five-state alliance, Ancestral name: Jī (姬)
King Xiang sent an army in 312 BC to attack the city Lineage name: Wèi (魏)
of Dengcheng in Chu (modern-day Shangshui Given name: Sì (嗣)
County, Zhoukou, Henan Province). Posthumous name
King Xiang (襄王)
Wei itself was attacked by the Qi state in 310 BC, and
House Ji
King Xiang met King Wu of Qin at Linjin (modern-
day Linyi County, Yuncheng, Shanxi Province). In Dynasty Wei
308 BC, the two kings met again at Yingcheng Father King Hui of Wei
(modern-day part of Xiaogan, Hubei) to plan an
attack on Han.

In 306 BC, after the death of King Wu of Qin, Wei's alliance with Qin broke down, and Qin
invaded, attacking and occupying the city of Puban. Qin chancellor Gan Mao defected to Wei and
the invading forces were withdrawn. In 303 BC, Qin took advantage of Wei's alliance with Qi and
Han against Chu to launch a second invasion.

In 302 BC, relations between Wei and Qin normalized, and King Xiang met King Zhaoxiang of Qin
and Han Ying (crown prince of Han) at Linjin, in which Qin agreed to return Puban. This allowed
alliance of Wei, Han and Qi in inflict a major defeat on Chu in 301 BC. In 299 BC, King Xiang met
with King Min of Qi and King Wuling of Zhao at Han's capital Xinzheng to propose a four-state
alliance of Qi, Han, Wei and Zhao against Qin.

It was in King Xiang's tomb that the Bamboo Annals were discovered in AD 279, an event referred
to as the Jizhong discovery.

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