韩国 / Han State

韩国 / Han State appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》07丨两起刺杀（1） as one of the early Warring States powers formed from the Jin world. The episode places Han in two linked events in 400 BCE: Han joins 赵国 and 魏国 in attacking 楚国, and then suffers 郑国’s attack on Yangdi after 韩景侯 dies.

The source uses Han less as a full institutional history than as a succession and vulnerability case. 韩烈侯’s accession matters because the episode treats ruler death as a moment when rivals can test whether a new polity’s chain of command is intact.

《资治通鉴·周纪》07丨两起刺杀（2） adds two Han stress points: 侠累, Han’s chancellor, is killed by 聂政, and 负黍 defects back from 郑国 to Han before being taken by 楚国 soon after.

Connections

• 韩景侯 and 韩烈侯 - succession pair in the source.
• 赵国 and 魏国 - allied attack on Chu.
• 郑国 - attacker during Han’s mourning and succession moment.
• 侠累, 聂政, and 韩哀侯 - assassination and variant-account branch.
• 负黍 and Territorial Control Churn / 城池反复易手 - city-control branch.
• 战国时期 - broad period context.