韩昭侯 / Marquis Zhao of Han
《资治通鉴·周纪》13丨 公孙鞅苛刻变法惹杀身（2） adds Han Zhaohou’s accession point. The episode records 韩懿侯’s death and says his son Han Zhaohou succeeds, keeping the Han succession line active in the same annalistic horizon as 公孙鞅 / 商鞅’s first reform-enforcement test.
韩昭侯 / Marquis Zhao of Han appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》14丨齐威王 不鸣则已一鸣惊人 as the likely 韩国 ruler involved in the 357 BCE Wei-Han meeting. The source treats the notice briefly and inferentially, connecting it to recent land exchange and shared pressure from 秦国.
《资治通鉴·周纪》17丨韩昭侯和申不害 makes Han Zhaohou a direct governance case. He employs 申不害 as chief minister, refuses Shen’s private request to appoint a cousin without merit, and preserves even a worn pair of trousers for someone whose achievement deserves it. The episode reads these stories as 因功赏罚 and 法家君术 in practice: ruler discipline matters because offices, goods, smiles, and punishments all teach the court what standards are real.
《资治通鉴·周纪》27丨围观魏惠王和齐威王是咋商业互捧 explains his absence from 徐州相王 by pointing backward. The episode says Han had already performed a low-posture move under Shen Buhai’s guidance, with Han Zhaohou visiting 魏惠王 / 梁惠王 and behaving as a deferential subordinate. That earlier move becomes the Han-side example for 低姿态权宜.
《资治通鉴·周纪》28丨韩昭侯的快乐你想象不到 turns him from a disciplined reward-and-punishment ruler into a cautionary timing case. After 秦国 has attacked Han at 宜阳 and after Han has suffered drought, he builds a high gate. 屈宜臼 criticizes the project as 时绌举赢, arguing that the political meaning of a ruler’s action depends on the state’s condition.
《资治通鉴·周纪》29丨苏秦励志爽文：知识改变命运 closes his source arc with a compact succession notice. Han Zhaohou dies, and 韩宣惠王 succeeds him in the same annalistic cluster that also records Qi, Yan, and Wei succession notices.
This page is source-scoped and distinct from 韩钊, the modern translator page already in the wiki. Here “昭侯” is a Warring States ruler title, not the personal-name string used by the unrelated modern entity.
Connections
- 韩国 - polity he rules in the source frame.
- 韩懿侯 - predecessor and father in the Zhouji 13 part 2 accession notice.
- 魏惠王 and 魏国 - likely meeting counterpart and state.
- 秦国, Qin Eastward Pressure / 秦国东进压力, and Early Warring States Interstate War / 战国早期诸侯混战 - strategic background for the meeting.
- 申不害, Merit-Based Reward and Punishment / 因功赏罚, and Legalist Ruler Technique / 法家君术 - Zhouji 17 ministerial and reward-discipline branch.
- 低姿态权宜 and 徐州相王 - Zhouji 27 retrospective on Han’s earlier deferential posture.
- 屈宜臼, 宜阳, and 时绌举赢 - Zhouji 28 high-gate timing warning.
- 韩宣惠王 - Zhouji 29 successor in the compact death notice.