楚宣王 / King Xuan of Chu
楚宣王 / King Xuan of Chu appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》10丨 以家族单位 有蚂蚁吃大象的精神（2） as 熊良夫, the younger brother who succeeds after 楚肃王 dies without a son. The episode treats the notice briefly as one of the sixth-year succession events.
The page is source-scoped. Chu Xuan Wang matters here because the succession moves through a brother rather than a son, keeping 楚国 inside the episode’s wider concern with how ruler death is converted into political continuity or disorder.
《资治通鉴·周纪》14丨齐威王 不鸣则已一鸣惊人 adds him as the likely groom behind 右尹黑’s mission to 秦国 to receive a bride. The episode uses this to explain marriage protocol and the limits of 战国联姻外交.
《资治通鉴·周纪》15丨酒不醇引发的世界大战 gives Chu Xuan Wang an active interstate role through the 鲁酒薄而邯郸围 story. He demands attendance from the lords, becomes angry when 鲁共公 arrives late and presents poor wine, joins 齐国 in attacking 鲁国, and later sends 景舍 to aid 赵国 after 魏国 surrounds 邯郸.
《资治通鉴·周纪》23丨魏惠王 悔不用公叔之言 records his death in the compact 340 BCE annalistic notice and says his son 楚威王 succeeds him. The episode does not develop Chu policy; the notice mainly preserves the broader 周显王 chronology around the Qin-Wei story.
Connections
- 楚国 - polity he rules.
- 楚肃王 - predecessor and elder brother in the source.
- 周烈王 and 《资治通鉴》 - annalistic frame.
- 战国时期 - competitive setting.
- 右尹黑, 秦国, and Warring States Marriage Diplomacy / 战国联姻外交 - Zhouji 14 marriage-diplomacy branch.
- 鲁共公, 鲁国, 齐国, 景舍, 赵国, 邯郸, and 鲁酒薄而邯郸围 - Zhouji 15 wine-insult, attack-Lu, and rescue-Zhao branch.
- 楚威王 - successor in the Zhouji 23 notice.