秦武王 / King Wu of Qin
秦武王 / King Wu of Qin appears in Zhouji 38 through the episode’s 《战国策》 supplement explaining 张仪’s move from 秦国 to 魏国. The source says that after 秦惠文王 dies and Qin Wuwang succeeds, Zhang Yi’s enemies begin attacking him at court.
In Zhang Yi’s pitch, Qin Wuwang is not merely pushing out an unwanted minister. Zhang Yi persuades him that sending Zhang Yi to Wei can exploit 齐国’s hatred: Qi will attack Wei, Qin can move against 韩国, and disorder among the eastern states will help Qin. The king accepts enough to send Zhang Yi out with a formal escort.
The wiki should keep this page source-scoped because the episode uses the Qin Wuwang strand inside a 322 BCE Zhou Xian Wang frame that sits uneasily with the immediately preceding 秦惠文王 branch. That makes him part of the episode’s 编年错位 and source-layer problem as well as part of its Zhang Yi narrative.
《资治通鉴·周纪》54丨我尊你是王，你当我是屁 brings Qin Wuwang back in a cleaner 311 BCE sequence. After Zhang Yi has lobbied Han, Qi, Zhao, and Yan for Qin, he learns on the road back to 咸阳 that Qin Huiwen Wang has died and Qin Wuwang has succeeded. The episode adds that Qin Wuwang disliked Zhang Yi while still crown prince, making him the source case for 靠山更替暴露风险.
《资治通鉴·周纪》55丨 张仪痛失贵人秦惠王 develops that sequence into an authorized exit. Qin Wuwang hears Zhang Yi’s proposal that sending him to 魏国 will provoke 齐国, distract Wei and Qi, and give Qin room to attack 韩国 and enter 三川. The episode keeps Qin Wuwang as the hostile successor, but also as the ruler who must be persuaded that Zhang Yi’s departure is useful to Qin.
《资治通鉴·周纪》57丨古代发毒誓还有这作用？ moves Qin Wuwang from the Zhang Yi transition into his own governing acts. The episode has him finish the 陈庄 rebellion through Qin forces, meet 魏襄王 at Linjin, set Qin’s first formal left/right chancellors with 樗里疾 / 樗里子 on the right and 甘茂 on the left, and send Gan Mao to arrange a Wei-backed attack on 韩国.
The same episode makes Qin Wuwang the ruler whose trust must be bound before the 宜阳 campaign. Gan Mao gets him to recognize 谣言侵蚀信任 as a predictable court problem and to swear publicly at Xirang, making Qin Wuwang the ruler-side case for 盟誓约束下的统帅信任.
《资治通鉴·周纪》58丨赵武灵王如何打造强国 completes that branch. After five months at Yiyang, Qin Wuwang is shaken by attacks from Chulizi and the Gongsun faction, but Gan Mao’s reminder of “Xirang” makes the king send more troops rather than abandon the siege. The episode then shifts to Qin Wuwang’s death in 洛邑 after lifting a heavy ding in the Zhou capital setting, leaving no son and opening the succession to 秦昭襄王.
《资治通鉴·周纪》59丨一朝君王一朝臣 shows the political afterlife of that death. Qin Wuwang’s brothers struggle for the throne, 魏冉 secures Ying Ji’s accession as Qin Zhaoxiang Wang, and 甘茂 loses the ruler-specific backing that had made the Yiyang campaign survivable. The source therefore links Qin Wuwang’s sonless death to both succession uncertainty and Gan Mao’s patron succession exposure.
《资治通鉴·周纪》60丨 中国第一位把持朝政的太后竟是她？ continues that afterlife into purge detail. 嬴壮 and other royal or official factions revolt, Wei Ran crushes them, 惠文后 is secretly executed, and Qin Wuwang’s wife is sent back to 魏国. The episode therefore makes Qin Wuwang’s death the trigger not only for succession uncertainty but also for a court replacement under 芈八子 / 宣太后 and 楚系外戚政治.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》115-1｜荆轲刺秦似乎有点儿草率了 uses Qin Wuwang as the counterfactual analogy for 荆轲’s mission. The host argues that a sudden ruler death can indeed produce Qin court struggle, as Qin Wuwang’s ding-lifting death did, but also uses the comparison to limit 燕太子丹’s hope: disorder is not the same as a reliable chance to overturn 秦国’s broader expansion.
Connections
- 张仪 - minister whose departure he authorizes in the source’s supplement.
- 秦惠文王 - predecessor named by the source.
- 秦国, 魏国, 齐国, and 韩国 - states in Zhang Yi’s proposed plan.
- 《战国策》 and 编年错位 - source and chronology-caution frame.
- 靠山更替暴露风险, 咸阳, 韩国, 齐国, 赵国, and 燕国 - Zhouji 54 post-tour accession risk.
- 以自保包装国策, 三川, 魏襄王, and 齐宣王 - Zhouji 55 exit plan and Qi-Wei aftermath.
- 陈庄, 樗里疾 / 樗里子, 甘茂, 宜阳, 谣言侵蚀信任, and 盟誓约束下的统帅信任 - Zhouji 57 rebellion, chancellor setup, and campaign-oath branch.
- 洛邑, 周王室, 秦昭襄王, and 芈八子 / 宣太后 - Zhouji 58 death and succession branch.
- 魏冉, 未定继承人风险, and 靠山更替暴露风险 - Zhouji 59 succession fight and Gan Mao fallout.
- 嬴壮, 惠文后, 太后摄政, and 楚系外戚政治 - Zhouji 60 purge and new court configuration.
- 荆轲, 燕太子丹, and 弱国刺杀式破局 - Qinji 115-1 counterfactual analogy for ruler death and Qin court disorder.