韩文侯 / Marquis Wen of Han
韩文侯 / Marquis Wen of Han appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》08丨一代名将吴起惨死(2) as 韩烈侯’s son and successor after Han Lie Hou dies in 387 BCE. The episode includes him in a wider fifteenth-year succession cluster across Qin, Zhao, and Han rather than giving him a separate biography.
《资治通鉴·周纪》09丨战国时代的世界大战 adds the other end of the reign: Han Wen Hou dies in 377 BCE, and his son 韩哀侯 succeeds. This makes his page a bridge between the previous succession cluster and the later Zhouji 09 succession notice.
《资治通鉴·周纪》10丨 以家族单位 有蚂蚁吃大象的精神(1) retroactively places Han Wenhou in the family-scale strategy that ends with Han’s destruction of 郑国. The source uses him as one generation in the continuity from 韩康子 to 韩哀侯.
Connections
- 韩国 - polity he succeeds to.
- 韩烈侯 - predecessor and father.
- 韩哀侯 - successor and son in Zhouji 09.
- 周安王 and 战国时期 - annalistic and period setting.
- Generational Family Strategy / 家族代际战略, Strategic Capital Relocation / 战略性迁都, and 郑国 - Zhouji 10 long-strategy context.