芈完 / 楚考烈王 / Mi Wan
芈完 / Mi Wan enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·周纪》92丨历史上第一位著名舔狗是谁？（1） as the 楚国 crown prince kept in 秦国 as hostage after the Qin-Chu repair arranged in the previous Huang Xie branch. The source presents him as the son and heir of 楚顷襄王, with 黄歇 / 春申君 having accompanied him in Qin for nine years.
His importance in the episode is succession leverage. When Mi Heng becomes gravely ill, Mi Wan’s status changes from ordinary diplomatic collateral into the person who may determine whether the Chu throne remains on the current crown-prince line. Huang Xie therefore argues to 范雎 that letting Mi Wan return would produce a grateful pro-Qin Chu ruler, while keeping him could make him worthless if another prince succeeds.
The first Zhouji 92 part stops before the outcome. It records Qin’s suspicion that Chu may be using the illness as a pretext, Qin’s plan to send Mi Wan’s teacher back to verify the situation, and Huang Xie’s counterplan: Mi Wan should disguise himself as a Chu envoy’s driver and flee, while Huang Xie stays behind in Xianyang and pretends the prince is ill.
《资治通鉴·周纪》92丨历史上第一位著名舔狗是谁？（2） completes the succession arc. Mi Wan reaches Chu, Mi Heng dies three months later, and Mi Wan succeeds as Chu Kaolie Wang. His first important wiki action is to reward 黄歇 / 春申君 with the chancellorship, a large fief, and the Chunshenjun title, confirming that the hostage-court companionship has become governing trust.
《资治通鉴·周纪》93丨在梦里藏着偷天改命？（1） uses his newly established reign as the transition into 262 BCE. The episode says Chu Kaolie Wang’s first year brings no battle but still sees 楚国 cede large territory to 秦国, so Mi Wan’s successful return does not reverse Chu’s broader decline under Qin pressure.
《资治通鉴·周纪》96丨毛遂自荐（2） makes Chu Kaolie Wang the hesitant ruler whom 平原君 tries to persuade during the 邯郸 crisis. The episode stresses that his past as a Qin hostage and his dependence on 黄歇 / 春申君’s escape plan help explain his fear of 秦国 even when 合纵 is strategically intelligible.
Mao Sui breaks that hesitation by using dignity-based persuasion. He reminds Chu Kaolie Wang that 白起’s earlier attacks took Ying, burned Yiling, and damaged royal tombs, making anti-Qin alliance a matter of Chu honor rather than merely Zhao rescue. The king accepts the alliance and participates in the blood oath, but the source then shows that his commitment still depends on transit through Wei to become battlefield relief.
Connections
- 楚顷襄王 - father and current Chu king whose illness creates the succession emergency.
- 黄歇 / 春申君 - attendant and strategist who protects his return path.
- 秦国, 秦昭襄王, and 范雎 - hostage court, ruler, and minister Huang Xie must persuade.
- 质子外交破裂 - adjacent hostage-politics frame; this source shows hostage value changing under succession pressure.
- 楚国 and 战国同盟转向 - state and alliance background behind his detention and proposed escape.
- 战国四公子 - later comparative frame opened when his reward makes Huang Xie Chunshenjun.
- 秦国 - Zhouji 93 first-year land cession pressure after succession repair.
- 毛遂, 平原君, 尊严激将式说服, and 合纵 - Zhouji 96 part 2 Chu-court commitment.
- 联盟救援借道依赖 and 魏国 - route problem after Chu agrees to rescue Zhao.